With respect to the recommendation to undertake a complete, impartial, effective investigation within a reasonable time to clarify the acts of torture suffered by Lucas Matías Mendoza and Claudio David Núñez and, if appropriate, to impose the corresponding sanctions, the State reiterated that the facts were the subject of an administrative investigation in which no administrative sanctions were meted out. In addition, it indicated that two judicial cases were pursued that were archived on February 29 and July 2, 2008. This information is prior to the Commission’s report on the merits; accordingly, this recommendation has yet to be carried out. With regard to the recommendation to adopt measures of non-repetition that include programs for training prison personnel in international human rights standards, in particular on the right of persons deprived of liberty to be treated with dignity, and on the prohibition of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, the State reported on the diversity of courses and training activities. The Commission takes note of this information and hopes that the State will continue strengthening and consolidating those training programs, along with other measures of non-repetition. As for the recommendation to adopt the measures necessary to ensure that the conditions of detention at the Provincial Prison of Mendoza comply with the relevant inter-American standards, the Commission hopes that the State continues the process of improving and adapting the conditions of detention at that prison. Finally, with respect to the recommendation to make adequate material and moral compensation for the human rights violations found, the State did not present information, so it has yet to implement this point. In view of the foregoing observations, the Commission considers that the Argentine State has not made progress in carrying out the recommendations made in the report on the merits. Accordingly, the IACHR considers it appropriate to submit this case to the jurisdiction of the Court. The Inter-American Commission submits to the jurisdiction of the Court all of the facts and human rights violations described in report on the merits 172/10. Accordingly, the IACHR asks the Court to find and declare that the Argentine State is internationally responsible for the violation of: Accordingly, the Commission asks the Inter-American Court to order the following measures of reparation: In addition to the need to obtain justice for the victims and their next-of-kin, the IACHR emphasizes that this case involves several issues of inter-American public order of human rights. First, the imposition of the penalties of perpetual imprisonment and confinement occurred in application of a legal framework for juvenile criminal justice which, on allowing identical treatment for adolescents as for adult offenders, including the application of a disproportionate time period before the possibility of