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domestic sphere
reparations).
(fourth
operative
paragraph
of
the
judgment
on
13.
That the Court notes with concern that more than four years have elapsed
since the judgment on reparations in this case was delivered (supra Having seen
paragraph 2), and it has not yet been fully complied with.
14.
That the Court will consider the overall situation of compliance with its
judgments on merits and reparations, and also its Orders in this case (supra Having
seen paragraphs 3 and 4), once it receives the pertinent information on the
measures pending compliance.
THEREFORE:
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTSS,
pursuant to the authority to monitor compliance with its decisions conferred by
Article 33, 62(1), 62(3), 65, 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human
Rights, Articles 25(1) and 30 of its Statute, and Article 29(2) of its Rules of
Procedure,
DECLARES:
1.
That it will continue the procedure on monitoring compliance with the pending
aspects in this case, which are:
(a)
The location of the remains of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, their
exhumation in the presence of his widow and next of kin, and their return to
them;
(b)
The investigation into the facts that gave rise to the violations of the
American Convention on Human Rights and the Inter-American Convention to
Prevent and Punish Torture, the identification and punishment of those
responsible, and the public divulgation of the results of this investigation;
(c)
The publication, once only, in the official gazette and in another
newspaper with national circulation, of the chapter on proven facts and the
operative paragraphs of the judgment on merits of November 25, 2000, and
the organization of a public act to acknowledge [the State’s] responsibility for
the facts of the case and to make amends to the victims; and
d)
The adoption of the legislative and any other measures necessary to
adapt Guatemalan domestic laws to the international norms of human rights
and humanitarian law, and to make these norms fully effective in the
domestic sphere.
AND DECIDES:
1.
To require the State to adopt all necessary measures to fulfill effectively and
promptly the aspects pending compliance that were ordered by the Court in the
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