Program (PNDH), in coordination with the National Human Rights Commission;
through the Workshop on Human Rights and Humanitarian Principles applicable to
policing in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross; and
through courses, workshops, international seminars and video-conferences.
245. The Court positively acknowledges the various training courses and actions
undertaken by the State. In this regard, it considers that such actions and courses
should include, where pertinent, the study of the provisions of the Istanbul
Protocol. Therefore, as it has done previously, 350 the Court requires the State to
continue implementing permanent training programs and courses on diligent
investigation in cases of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and torture. Such
courses shall be imparted to Federal officials and Guerrero state officials, and
particularly to members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Judiciary, the Police
and health sector personnel with competence in such cases and whose functions
require them to assist victims alleging violations of their personal integrity.
Furthermore, this Court considers it important to strengthen the State’s
institutional capabilities through training programs for the Mexican Armed Forces
on the principles and standards for the protection of human rights, including the
restrictions to which they are subject 351, in order to avoid the repetition of events
similar to those of this case.
v)
Other measures requested
246. The Commission and the representatives called for State to hold a public act
acknowledging its responsibility for the harm caused to the victims. For their part,
the representatives requested the following additional measures of reparation: i)
organization of an awareness campaign on the importance of the work done by
human rights advocates in Mexico, ii) establishment of an educational center close
to Petatlán and Coyuca de Catalán for technical training in forestry and community
management of natural resources, iii) change the present name of “Premio al
Mérito Ecológico – Categoría Social” (Award for Ecological Merit – Social Category”)
to “Premio al Mérito Ecológico – Campesinos Ecologistas de Guerrero” (Award for
Ecological Merit – Peasant Ecologists of Guerrero), and iv) measures to reunite the
family of Montiel Cortés.
247. First, regarding these requests, the Court considers that issuing the present
Judgment and the reparations ordered in this chapter are sufficient and adequate
for the reparation of the violations suffered by the victims. 352 Also, the Court has
considered that several issues raised by the representatives were not included by
the Commission in its application; thus, for procedural reasons, they were not
assessed in the merits of this case. Finally, in this regard, the Court reiterates that
reparations must have a causal connection with the facts of the case and the
violations declared (supra para. 209). Therefore, the Court shall not rule on the
request for reparations related to facts which, for procedural reasons, were not
addressed by the Court in this Judgment.
D.
Compensatory damages
350
Cf. Case of González et al. (“Cotton Field”) v. Mexico, supra note 48, para. 541; and Case of
Rosendo Cantú et al. v. Mexico, supra note 30, para. 245 and 246.
351
Cf. Case of La Rochela Massacre v. Colombia, supra note 56, para. 303; Case of Fernández
Ortega et al. v. Mexico, supra note 39, para. 262
352
Cf. Case of Radilla Pacheco v. Mexico, supra note 302, para. 359; Case of Manuel Cepeda
Vargas v. Colombia, supra note 27, para. 238; and Case of Rosendo Cantú et al. v. Mexico, supra note
30, para. 267.
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