investigations, the State argued that this measure of reparation had already been complied
with in the context of the proceeding processed by the Internal Control Office of the Public
Prosecution Service.
228. The Court assesses positively the progress made to date by the State in order to clarify
the facts. However, it notes that, in the context of the second investigation into the facts, the
proceedings against the three police officers for the offenses of rape and abuse of authority
against Azul Rojas Marín had not been declared null and void (supra paras. 76 to 80).
229. In light of the conclusions in this judgment, the Court establishes that the State shall,
within a reasonable time and by officials trained in dealing with victims of discrimination and
violence based on sexual orientation, facilitate and continue the extensive, systematic and
thorough investigations required to identify, prosecute and punish, as appropriate, those
responsible for the sexual violence and torture suffered by Ms. Rojas Marín, avoiding the
application of discriminatory stereotyping and any act that could revictimize her. 296
C.
Measures of satisfaction and rehabilitation
C.1 Measures of satisfaction
C.1.a Publication of the judgment
230. The representatives asked the Court to order, as a measures of satisfaction, the
publication of the entire judgment and the official summary on the website of the Ministry of
Justice and Human Rights, to be easily accessible by the public and available for at least one
year. The State did not oppose the eventual granting of this measure of reparation, but
specified that “the publication of the official summary of the judgment in a newspaper with
widespread circulation in the department of La Libertad would be included in the publication
in the national newspaper.”
231. The Court establishes, as it has in other cases, 297 that the State must publish, within six
months of notification of this judgment, in an adequate and legible font: (a) the official
summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in the Official Gazette; (b) the official
summary of this judgment prepared by the Court, once, in a national newspaper with
widespread circulation and in a newspaper of the department of La Libertad, and (c) this
judgment, in its entirety, available for one year, on the official website of the Ministry of Justice
and Human Rights. The State shall advise this Court immediately when it has implemented
each of these publications, regardless of the one-year time frame to present its first report
indicated in the nineteenth operative paragraph of this judgment.
C.1.b Public act to acknowledge international responsibility
232. The Commission asked that the State “hold a public act to acknowledge international
responsibility” to apologize to the victims. The representatives asked the Court to order the
State to organize “a public act to acknowledge international responsibility and to apologize”
to Azul Rojas Marín and her mother, which should be “transmitted by local and national radio
and television.” The State indicated that, if the Court found it internationally responsible for
the acts of torture, “it would not contest the holding of a public act to acknowledge
Cf. Case of López Soto et al. v. Venezuela. Merits, reparations and costs, supra, para. 278, and Case of Women
Victims of Sexual Torture in Atenco v. Mexico. Preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs, supra, para. 338.
296
Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and costs, supra, para. 79, and Case of Montesinos Mejía
v. Ecuador. Preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs, supra, para. 226.
297
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