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hearing cases of human rights violations committed during the armed conflict,
including the Second Court of Investigation of San Francisco Gotera.
93.
The judicial branch (Supreme Court and/or National Council of the Judiciary)
should strengthen training processes for judges on the criminal prosecution of war
crimes and crimes against humanity and undertake awareness-raising activities on
victims’ rights. The Attorney General’s Office should continue the process of training
its staff on these matters.
94.
The judicial branch should allocate the human and financial resources needed
to improve the technical capacities of the Institute of Legal Medicine. This capacitybuilding should include training and certification for personnel on forensic
anthropology, in accordance with relevant international standards such as the
Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death (2016) and the
Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (the Istanbul Protocol). The possibility of
establishing, preferably through a legislative act, an internationally certified,
autonomous and independent forensic science institute should be considered.
95.
The judicial branch should consider establishing a legal clinic to provide legal
assistance to victims in registering complaints and pursuing cases of human rights
violations committed during the armed conflict.
96.
The Supreme Court should establish guidelines aimed at harmonizing the
application of the criminal procedure codes and criminal codes, both previous and
revised, in cases of crimes committed during the armed conflict, in order to avoid
inconsistencies that could open the door to delaying strategies.
97.
The Constitutional Division of the Supreme Court should monitor full and
strict compliance with its ruling repealing the Amnesty Act.
98.
The senior leadership of the armed forces, including the President, as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of Defence, should
remove the names of military personnel accused of serious human rights violations
from the battalions, barracks, facilities and monuments of the armed forces, and
prohibit commemorations and official honours in their name.
99.
The armed forces should guarantee effective access to the military archives of
the armed conflict as required by justice officials, the Government or victims.
100. A State archive policy should be established to ensure access to information
relating to the armed conflict and human rights violations from that period.
101. The National Civil Police should increase the human and financial resources
allocated to the investigation of violations committed during the armed conflict and
train its personnel on forensic genetics and victim care.
102. The executive branch should establish an exhaustive and regularly updated
register of all the victims of the armed conflict in order to provide comprehensive
reparation for each victim. The register of victims should be known and accessible to
all victims, even the most isolated, with no restrictive requirements for proof of victim
status or other requirements such as sponsorship by civil society organizations. Steps
should be taken to raise awareness of the registration programme so as to ensure that
all the victims who may be interested in registering receive sufficient information.
103. The amounts of compensation awarded to victims should be adjusted to reflect
the current value of the shopping basket. The reparations programme should include
free, permanent and universal access for victims to the health-care system, including
mental health services, and to education (at all three levels). Assistance programmes
should be specialized to serve victims of serious violations committed in the context of
the armed conflict.
104. Urgent measures designed to assist older adult victims in particularly
vulnerable situations should be adopted without delay.
105. National and local authorities should adopt measures for historical memory
such as the establishment and maintenance of public sites for this purpose, including
at military or police facilities where disappeared persons were allegedly held.
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