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g) Request of August 19, 1998, to the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru
to certify that Mr. Castillo-Páez was enrolled in the second semester;
h) A copy of the August 10, 1998 request for a certified transcript of the
academic records of Mr. Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez;
i) A copy of the sales contract for the house of the Castillo-Páez family, dated
July 18, 1997;
j) A copy of the Dutch identity papers that grant political refuge to Mónica
Inés Castillo-Páez and Cronwell Pierre Castillo-Castillo, and humanitarian
asylum to Carmen Rosa Páez-Warton;
k) A copy of the cancelled payment voucher in the name of Ernesto Rafael
Castillo-Páez for the first semester of the 1990 academic year at the Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Peru;
l) A copy of an uncancelled payment voucher in the name of Ernesto Rafael
Castillo-Páez for the second semester of the 1990 academic year at the
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru; and
m) Press clippings titled: "En la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
está el caso Castillo Páez" (Castillo Páez case at the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights) and "Policías asesinaron a estudiante" (Police killed student. ")
29.
In its brief of September 11, 1998, the State challenged a number of the
documents submitted by the victim’s next of kin as evidence. It pointed out that the
costs alleged to represent the earnings lost by the parents due to the victim’s
disappearance "are merely unsubstantiated claims, with no evidence to prove them."
It also indicated that “a typing acknowledgment in the prologue of a book […] is
hardly proof of gainful employment, much less permanent employment." Moreover,
the State objected to the uncancelled payment voucher from the Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Peru, arguing that “it has no validity inasmuch as it bears no
cancellation mark."
30.
The Court’s request notwithstanding (supra 19), the victim’s next of kin did
not supply the following documents requested as evidence:
a) Certification of the salaries of Mr. Cronwell Pierre Castillo-Castillo for the
years 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, or any for Ms.
Carmen Warton-Páez;
b) Certification of the academic records of Mr. Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez,
issued by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru for his years as a
student; and
c) An official appraisal of the Castillo-Páez family home.
31.
As the case file shows, thus far none of the documents that the Court
requested of the Commission as evidence to help the former arrive at a more
informed judgment has been received (supra 19).