2 the Court to declare that the State has violated the obligation arising from Article 2 (Obligation to Adopt Domestic Legal Remedies) of the Convention. 3. The facts set forth in the application filed by the Commission are related to the alleged failure to investigate and punish all those persons responsible for the extra-legal execution of Mr. Almonacid-Arellano, based on the Amnesty Law enacted in Chile by Decree Law No. 2.191 of 1978, as well as to the alleged lack of reparation in favor of his next of kin. 4. Furthermore, the Commission requested the Inter-American Court to order the State, under Article 63(1) of the Convention, to take the measures of reparation detailed in the application (infra para. 139). Lastly, the Commission requested the Court to order the State to pay the costs and expenses arising from the domestic legal proceedings and from the proceedings before the Inter-American System of Human Rights. II COMPETENCE 5. Chile has been a State Party to the American Convention since August 21, 1990, when it recognized the contentious jurisdiction of the Court. On that occasion it declared that it recognized the jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to the provisions of Article 62 of the Convention, only as regards the “events subsequent to the date on which such Instrument of Ratification was deposited, or in any case, as regards the events which took place after March 11, 1990.” In its preliminary objections, the State alleged that the Court is not competent to hear the instant case (infra para. 38). Therefore, the Court shall first decide on the preliminary objections filed by the Chilean State and, if legally relevant, it shall then decide on the merits and the reparations and indemnities requested in the instant case. III PROCEEDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION 6. On September 15, 1998 Mario Márquez-Maldonado and Elvira del Rosario Gómez-Olivares filed a petition before the Inter-American Commission which was admitted under No. 12.057. 7. On October 9, 2002, during its 116th Session, the Inter-American Commission issued Report No. 44/02, wherein it found the foregoing petition to be admissible in relation to Articles 1(1), 8 and 25 of the American Convention. Such report was passed on the State and the petitioners on October 29, 2002. 8. On March 7, 2005, at its 122nd Session, the Commission issued Report on the Merits No. 30/05, pursuant to Article 50 of the Convention. In said report, it concluded that the State has violated the rights enshrined in Articles 8 and 25 of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 thereof, to the prejudice of Mr. Almonacid-Arellano’s next of kin, and made a number of recommendations in order to repair such violations. 9. On April 11, 2005 notice was served on the State of the Report on the Merits and a two-month term was set for the State to inform the Commission of the measures adopted regarding the above recommendations. On June 24, 2005 the State requested the Commission that the term set for filing its response be extended