I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION 1. The case submitted to the Court. – On October 18, 2018, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Inter-American Commission" or "the Commission") submitted to the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court, in accordance with Articles 51 and 61 of the American Convention, the case of Flores Bedregal against the Plurinational State of Bolivia (hereinafter "the State" or "Bolivia"). According to the Commission, the dispute concerns Bolivia's alleged international responsibility for the Forced Disappearance of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal (hereinafter also "Mr. Flores Bedregal" or "the alleged victim"), leader of the Revolutionary Workers Party (hereinafter "POR") and National Deputy, allegedly perpetrated with the participation of the Armed Forces, in the framework of the coup d'état of July 1980 and for impunity for these acts. The Commission decided that the State is responsible for the violation of the rights to recognition as a person before the law, life, humane treatment, personal liberty, judicial guarantees, freedom of association, political rights, and judicial protection, to the detriment of Juan Carlos Flores Bedregal, as well as for the violation of the rights to humane treatment, judicial guarantees, freedom of thought and expression and judicial protection to the detriment of her sisters Olga Beatriz, Eliana Isbelia, Verónica and Lilian Teresa Flores Bedregal (hereinafter also "Flores Bedregal sisters" or "alleged victims"). 2. Procedure before the Commission. – The procedure before the Commission was as follows: a) Petition. – On June 14, 2006, Olga Flores Bedregal lodged the initial petition to the Commission, which was processed under number P616/06. b) Admissibility report. – On August 4, 2009, the Commission approved Admissibility Report No. 65/09 (hereinafter "Admissibility Report") and was made available to the parties in order to reach a friendly settlement. c) Merits report. - On May 8, 2018, the Commission approved Merits Report No. 60/18 (hereinafter "Merits report"), in accordance with Article 50 of the Convention, in which it reached a series of conclusions and made several recommendations to the State. d) Notification to the State. – The Merits report was notified to the State on July 18, 2018, and it was given two months to report on compliance with the recommendations. e) Submission to the Court. – On October 18, 2018, the Commission submitted to the Court's jurisdiction all the facts and alleged violations of the rights enshrined in Articles 3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 7, 8.1, 13, 16, 23, and 25.1 of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 1.1 and 2 of the same instrument, and Articles I (a) and (b) and III of the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons (hereinafter also "IACFDP"). This Court notes with concern that more than twelve years elapsed between lodging the initial petition to the Commission and submitting the case to the Court. f) Request of the Inter-American Commission. – Based on the foregoing, the Commission asked the Court to conclude and declare that Bolivia was internationally responsible for the alleged violation of the rights described in the conclusions of the Merits report. In addition, it asked the Court to order the State certain reparation measures (infra Chapter VIII). 4