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delivery to the leader of the community of Plan de Sanchez village. It indicated that
even though no specific agreement has been entered into with said Academy, in
accordance with the Judgment “it is looking for the mechanisms necessary to comply
with the commitment made regarding the study and dissemination of Achi culture.” As
for the maintenance and improvement of the road systems, in subparagraph b) of
operative paragraph nine, it stated that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing
“continues with the renovation work on the road of the Plan de Sanchez village and the
roads to other communities”. Lastly, as to the supply of teaching personnel trained in
intercultural and bilingual teaching for primary schooling, in subparagraph d) of
operative paragraph nine, it mentioned that on October 30, 2009 it was decided, at the
ceremony in which the translation of the American Convention was delivered, with the
presence of the education representative for the Ministry of Education of the Rabinal
municipality, “to give bilingual primary education in Maya-Achí in Plan de Sanchez
village”. Moreover, it indicated that on July 25, 2010, “[a] meeting was held with the
inhabitants of Plan de Sanchez village so that specialist representatives of the
governmental bodies (FONAPAZ, FOGUAVI, PNR and COPREDEH) [...] with the
communities leaders [..] where “it was proposed to the leader of Plan de Sanchez
village that four classrooms be constructed […] and that the school be renovated.”
27.
Regarding subparagraph a) of operative paragraph nine, in its observations on
the state report of March 15, 2010, the representatives stated that they acknowledge
the important work of the Academy of Mayan Languages. They also repeated that the
actions taken by different instances of the State “cannot be considered as compliance
with the Judgment if the victims were not fully included in [the] process [initiated by
said Academy].” In this respect, they mentioned that even though a copy of the books
published by said Academy was delivered to the leader of the community, “this fact
does not necessary form part of the compliance with the Judgment” and they pointed
out that, to date, "a syllabus linked to the Judgment" has not been established.
Regarding subparagraph b) of the operative paragraph regarding the improvement of
the road network, the representatives emphasized the importance of “opening a
dialogue with the institutions concerned” in order to define the ways of complying with
each of the aspects pending compliance. Moreover, they indicated that the
improvements made to some stretches of road were not effective because heavy rains
made the roads impassable again. Finally, regarding the intercultural and bilingual
teaching, referred to in subparagraph d) of said operative paragraph, they state that
there are "differing opinions.” They considered that even though the teachers speak
Maya-Achí, this does not necessarily imply that “bilingual education is incorporated in
the syllabus at all the different levels of education mentioned in the Judgment.” They
deemed it important that the State provide information regarding the syllabus for the
different levels of education and the way it incorporates intercultural and bilingual
education. Finally, they emphasized the importance of being able to discuss, with
COPREDEH and the Ministry of Education, the procedures that are going to be
introduced “to include intercultural and bilingual education as well as remembrance
and restoring culture.”
28.
In relation to subparagraph a), in its observations presented on May 12, 2010,
the Commission valued the efforts made by the State to support the work aimed at
disseminating the Maya-Achí culture and it considered it was crucial that the cultural
dissemination specifically reaches those Rabinal communities that were affected by the
massacre. Regarding subparagraphs b) and d), the Commission took note of the
information presented by both parties and highlighted the importance of “complying
with this reparation measure through a coordinated action to actually implement it”.
Moreover, it valued the agreement to prepare a syllabus and a schedule to comply with