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n) A photostat copy of Article 24 of the Judiciary Statute;
o) Official memorandum No. 7220-98, dated September 3, 1998, on the
official exchange rate between the Peruvian currency and the United States
dollar from January 1990 to June 1998, issued by the head of the Department
of Economic Statistics and Studies of the Office of the Superintendent of
Banking and Insurance;
p) Supreme Decree No. 069-85-PCM, dated July 26, 1985, published in "El
Peruano" on July 27, 1985;
q) A photostat copy of Decree-Law No. 22,482 of March 27, 1979, on the
"maternity and nursing subsidies currently in effect";
r) A photostat copy of Decree-Law No. 18.846, dated April 28, 1971, on "Jobrelated Accidents";
s) Law No. 24.993, of January 19, 1989, published in "El Peruano" on January
21, 1989, whereby the "Peruvian Sociologists Association is created";
t) Life expectancy chart for the 1990-1995 five-year period, broken down by
sex, published in the document titled "Proyecciones de Población del Peru
1995-2025" (Peruvian population forecasts 1995-2025), official memorandum
No. 199-98-INEI/DTDES, dated August 18, 1998, from the head of the
National Institute of Statistics and Informatics;
u) Certification issued by the Office of Remunerations and Benefits of the
Office of Personnel of the "Ministry of the Interior" on a sociologist’s salary at
that agency as of September 1998; and
v) Urgent Decree 074-97, dated July 31, 1997, published in "El Peruano" on
August 3, 1997, on the minimum lifetime remuneration of workers in the
private sector in Peru.
33.
The Commission and the victim’s next of kin made no objections to the
documents submitted by the State.
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OTHER EVIDENCE
34.
On April 29, 1998, the victim’s next of kin reported that given the request
made by the President (supra 11) and "the limited means they had to produce the
evidence, " the victim’s next of kin would not be deposed before the Court and would
instead submit sworn affidavits and expert psychological reports prepared in Peru
and in the Netherlands. The victim’s next of kin submitted those documents on June
4, 1998 (supra 15).
35.
On July 20, 1998, the State filed two briefs objecting to the sworn affidavits
submitted by the victim’s next of kin and the report prepared by the psychological
expert (supra 18). It argued that submission of the documents in question was in
violation of articles 46 and 47 of the Rules of Procedure, as it left "our side … unable