3 5. The petition further states that "among the participants in said confrontation were some members of the MTP, mainly leaders of the movement," who were arrested and later sentenced for the commission of several offenses. 6. According to the Commission's petition, on May 19, 1989, four months after his participation in the demonstration, Mr. Maqueda was arrested. On June 11, 1990 the San Martin Federal Chamber sentenced him to ten (10) years of imprisonment pursuant to Law 23.077, passed on August 9, 1984, known as the Law for the Defence of Democracy —a copy of the law (sic) is provided as evidence—. Said law (sic) creates a special criminal procedure for cases involving acts of violence whose purpose is to make an attempt against constitutional order and democratic life. The San Martin Federal Chamber sentenced Guillermo Maqueda as: a) an accomplice in the crime of qualified unlawful assembly, and b) an accessory in the offenses of rebellion, illegal seizure, aggravated robbery, aggravated unlawful imprisonment, consummated and attempted doubly aggravated homicides, and serious and minor damages. Mr. Maqueda's representatives lodged a special appeal that was rejected by the San Martin Federal Chamber of Appeals on October 25, 1990. In view of such denial, they lodged a complaint appeal for rejection of the special appeal with the Supreme Court of the Nation which was also rejected on March 17, 1992, thereby exhausting all existing procedural possibilities provided for in the internal jurisdiction. According to the Inter-American Commission, Guillermo Maqueda did not have the possibility to lodge a remedy for review of the judgment, since Law 23.077 does not provide for the possibility of any appeal or broad remedy before any higher court whatsoever. Therefore, the only alternative for the accused was to appeal before the Supreme Court by means of a special appeal, which is of an exceptional type and subject to restrictions. 7. On September 15, 1992 the Inter-American Commission received Guillermo Maqueda's complaint against Argentina. It was presented by his parents, Ernesto Maqueda and Licia M. Quiroga-de-Maqueda, Human Rights Watch/Americas and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). The petition alleged that the sentencing of Mr. Maqueda to ten (10) years of imprisonment for his alleged involvement in the January 23, 1989 attack of the 3rd Motorized Infantry Regiment of La Tablada, in the Province of Buenos Aires, violated his human rights as recognized in the American Convention, particularly in Articles 2, 8 and 25 in relationship to Article 1(1). 8. On February 24, 1994, due to the absence of a friendly settlement between the parties, the Commission delivered Report Nº 17/94 to the Government, which was approved on February 9 of that same year, with its conclusions and recommendations. The Commission resolved that, if upon conclusion of the 60-day term, the Government did not correct the violations "of Guillermo Maqueda's human rights it would submit the case to the Court for consideration." At the request of the Government, the Commission agreed to grant an extension of 20 days to inform about the measures adopted in relationship to the Report.