9 34. In an order of January 25, 2000, the Court decided: 1. To consider that the preliminary objections filed by the State of Bolivia had been withdrawn. 2. To continue with the proceeding on the merits of the case and, to this end, to change the purpose of the public hearing on preliminary objections convened by the President of the Court in an order of December 6, 1999, so as to consider other aspects of the brief submitted by the State of Bolivia on January 21, 2000. 35. On January 25, 2000, the public hearing on this case was held. There appeared before the Court for the State of Bolivia: Fabián Volio Echeverría, Agent; and Ambassador Oscar Daza Márquez. for the Inter-American Commission: Hélio Bicudo, Delegate; Milton Castillo Rodríguez, Lawyer; and Viviana Krsticevic, Assistant. VI ACQUIESCENCE 36. At the public hearing of January 25, 2000, Bolivia acknowledged the facts presented by the Commission in Section III of its application, which are summarized in paragraph 2 of this judgment. In the same way, the State acknowledged its international responsibility in the instant case and accepted the legal consequences deriving from the facts mentioned (supra, para. 2). 37. During the public hearing, the State’s agent declared that [a]s the Government had already manifested to the victim’s mother, the Government representatives had stated before the Commission, we presented in a brief on preliminary objections and we reiterate at this time, the Government of the Republic of Bolivia formally acknowledges responsibility for the facts and consequently withdraws the preliminary objections. [I]n the report on preliminary objections […] the Government of Bolivia requested […] that, if the Honorable Court dismissed the preliminary objections, it should declare as follows: a) that the State of Bolivia acknowledged the facts; b) that the State of Bolivia had already given written satisfaction to the petitioner and her family, offering the corresponding apologies and thereby providing moral satisfaction; c) that the State of Bolivia had modified and was modifying its domestic legislation so as to avoid the reoccurrence of such facts and so that the forced disappearance of persons was punished; d) that the criminal judicial investigation opened on the Government’s initiative to judge those suspected of the facts is a satisfactory measure for investigating the facts, in order to punish the guilty parties and find the victim’s body; e) that the State of Bolivia has offered the petitioner and her family total compensation of forty thousand United States dollars and that this amount is fair and reasonable.