considered whether they “are objective, reasonable and effective.” 118 Specifically referring to Chile's administrative reparation program, in the Almonacid Arellano et al. v. Chile case, the Court states that "it makes a positive assessment of the policy of reparation of human rights violations advanced by the State."119 97. Now, beyond that generic acknowledgment that has no concrete legal consequences in the aforementioned case, subsequently, in the case of García Lucero et al. v. Chile, the Inter-American Court noted that: (...) the existence of administrative programs of reparation must be compatible with the State’s obligations under the American Convention and other international norms and, therefore, it cannot lead to a breach of the State’s duty to ensure the “free and full exercise” of the rights to judicial guarantees and protection, in keeping with Articles 1(1), 25(1) and 8(1) of the Convention, respectively. In other words, the administrative reparation programs and other measures or actions of a legal or other nature that co-exist with such programs, cannot result in an obstruction of the possibility of the victims, pursuant to the rights to judicial guarantees and protection, filing actions to claim reparations.120 98. As the Court states in the same case, according to treaty-based rights, the establishment of domestic administrative or collective reparation programs does not prevent the victims from filing actions to claim measures of reparation.121 99. In a similar vein, the Commission has pronounced on the existence of different ways of making reparation to victims in situations involving grave violations of human rights. On this, the IACHR has indicated that in its view, "the adoption of an administrative reparations program ought not to preclude other judicial avenues to access comprehensive reparations, and victims should be able to choose the avenue that they consider best to ensure, in the end, that they receive reparations. The IACHR is of the view that the State could establish and put into operation the proper institutional mechanisms to observe victims’ right to have recourse to various avenues of reparations, without risk to the public purse." 122 100. Referring to the relationship between both types of reparation in reference to the Colombian case, the Commission pointed out that: [...] the administrative reparations proceeding ought not to preclude a contentiousadministrative legal action that seeks to establish the legal responsibility of the State, nor should it involve abandonment of the action for reparations under the Justice and Peace Law. Accordingly, victims’ right to bring legal action in the contentious-administrative forum to determine the responsibility of the State for gross violations committed by paramilitary ought to be preserved, as has been the finding in precedents of the Council of State. In addition, the State could always include in the award the compensation it would pay under the administrative reparations program. 123 118 I/A Court HR. Case of García Lucero et al. v. Chile. Preliminary Objection, Merits and Reparations. Judgment of August 28, 2013. Series C No. 267 par. 189. Citing I/A Court HR. Case of Gomes Lund et al. ("Guerrilha do Araguaia") v. Brazil. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of November 24, 2010. Series C No. 219, par. 303. 119 I/A Court HR. Case of Almonacid-Arellano et al. v. Chile. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of September 26, 2006. Series C No. 154, par. 161. 120 I/A Court HR. Case of García Lucero et al. v. Chile. Preliminary Objection, Merits and Reparations. Judgment of August 28, 2013. Series C No. 267, par. 190. 121 I/A Court HR. Case of García Lucero et al. v. Chile. Preliminary Objection, Merits and Reparations. Judgment of August 28, 2013. Series C No. 267, par. 192. 122 5. IACHR. Principal Guidelines for a Comprehensive Reparations Policy, OEA/Ser/L/V/II.131, Doc. 1, February 19, 2008, par. 123 IACHR. Principal Guidelines for a Comprehensive Reparations Policy. February 19, 2008. par. 7. Available at: http://www.cidh.org/pdf%20files/Lineamientos%20principales%20para%20una%20pol%C3%ADtica%20integral%20de%20reparaci [continues …] 19