5 upon the State to comply effectively with the remaining elements of the judgment and to forward a detailed report on the measures adopted in that respect. 9. The note of the Secretariat of December 13, 2002, in which, on the instructions of the whole Court, it requested the State to provide a report on compliance with judgment before June 16, 2003, and the note of the Secretariat of August 12, 2003, in which it reiterated to the State that it should present this report, granting it until September 5, 2003, to do so. 10. The report of the State of September 11, 2003, in which it advised that “in compliance with the decisions in the judgment on reparations, the State of Guatemala had paid compensation amounting to US$470,214.00 in favor of the next of kin [of the victims] and also reimbursed US$38,651.91 for costs and expenses to [the representatives of the victims’ next of kin]; that Government officials had taken “the pertinent steps for the transfer and subsequent interment of the mortal remains of Henry Giovanni Contreras; however, owing to the time that had elapsed from the moment of his death until the request for interment, his remains had been deposited in a common grave, so that, following agreement between the victim’s mother and State officials, and in view of the material impossibility of determining which were the remains of the victim, a private act honoring his memory [had been conducted, where] a commemorative plaque [had been unveiled]”; that, on July 26, 2002, a plaque commemorating the street children who were the victims in this case had been unveiled; and that on February 26, 1997, the Second Court of First Instance for Crimes, Drug-trafficking and Crimes against the Environment had declared the abatement of the criminal action owing to the death of the accused, Rafael Santiago Gómez; consequently, it had declared a stay of proceedings against him and left open the criminal action against the person found to be responsible. 11. The notes of the Secretariat of September 16, 2003, in which, on the instructions of the President of the Court, it requested the Commission and the representatives to submit their comments on the State’s report. 12. The comments of the Commission of November 14, 2003, indicating that the last report presented by the State did not contain detailed information on the measures adopted in order to comply with the judgment on reparations delivered by the Court on May 26, 2001, and did not provide any information on the elements pending compliance. The Commission indicated that, with regard to the first to fourth operative paragraphs of the said judgment relating to the payment of compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, only the payments in favor of Gerardo Adoriman Villagrán Morales and Osman Ravid Agreda Contreras were pending. As for the State’s obligation to adopt, in accordance with Article 2 of the American Convention, the necessary legislative, administrative or any other measures in its domestic legislation to adapt Guatemalan legislation to Article 19 of the Convention, the Commission reported that “following an important effort by civil society during many years, on June 4, 2003, Guatemala adopted the Integral Protection of Children and Adolescents Act by Decree 27-03, registered under number 2,767, which protects the rights of childhood in a way that is more in keeping with the terms of Article 19 than the legislation previously in force, [... the said] Code entered into force on July 19, 2003.” In that respect, the Commission indicated that the legislation in itself represented progress, but that “its real usefulness could only be measured following its proper enforcement by the State, so as to provide concrete improvements in the situation of Guatemalan children.” Regarding the sixth operative paragraph, on the State’s obligation to provide the