A. The State’s acknowledgment of responsibility and observations of the representatives and the Commission 16. The State, in the public hearing for this case and in its final written arguments, acknowledged its international responsibility for the forced disappearance of the professional soldier Óscar Iván Tabares Toro, which began on December 28, 1997, while he was serving in the “Tigre” Company of Anti-guerrilla Battalion 20 of the National Army, near the municipality of San Juanito in the department of Meta. The State also acknowledged that state agents directly participated in this event. It stated that serviceman Tabares Toro was under the authority of the National Army, and that in this special situation, the State assumes the role of guarantor. It also acknowledged its responsibility for the failure of state authorities to diligently investigate the disappearance within a reasonable period of time, which made it impossible to clarify the events, identify those responsible, and locate the soldier. 17. The State acknowledged its international responsibility for violating Óscar Iván Tabares Toro’s rights to juridical personhood (Article 3), life (Article 4(1)), personal integrity (Article 5(1)), and personal liberty (Article 7(1)), all recognized in the American Convention, in conjunction with the obligations established in Article 1(1) of that convention and Article I(a) of the CIDFP. 18. It also stated that these facts gave rise to the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees (Article 8(1)) and judicial protection (Article 25(1)) established in the American Convention, in conjunction with Article 1(1) of that convention, as well as Article I(b) of the CIDFP, to the detriment of Óscar Iván Tabares Toro, María Elena Toro Torres, Óscar de Jesús Tabares, Holmar de Jesús Gallego Márquez, María Bibiancy Tabares Toro, John Freddy Tabares Giraldo, Leidy Juliette Gallego Toro, and María Isabel Gallego Toro. Lastly, the State acknowledged its responsibility for the serious harm caused to the family of serviceman Tabares Toro, including the violation of the rights to personal integrity, protection of the family, and honor, enshrined in Articles 5(1), 17, and 11 of the American Convention, due to the State’s failure to obtain justice and the family’s rootlessness and stigmatization after the events. 19. Regarding measures of reparation, the State asked in its final arguments that the Court order those measures that are directly connected to the harm suffered and the violations the State has acknowledged and that have been proven. It also expressed its intention to implement any measures of reparation the Court orders in this judgment, in concert with the family of Tabares Toro. 20. In the public hearing for this case, the representatives welcomed the State’s acknowledgment of responsibility and asked the Court to declare the State internationally responsible for the forced disappearance of Óscar Iván Tabares Toro, which is directly attributable to the Colombian army. They also asked that the State be declared responsible for violating the rights enshrined in Articles 5(1), 5(2), 8, 11, 13, 17, 22, and 25 of the Convention, in conjunction with its Article 1(1), to the detriment of Óscar Iván’s relatives, as well as for violating Articles I(a) and I(b) of the CIDFP. 21. Finally, they requested the measures of reparation listed in the pleadings and evidence brief, those listed in the acknowledgment of responsibility, and those specifically related to prevention and nonrepetition, the investigation and search for serviceman Tabares, the need to adopt mechanisms to ensure the implementation of measures of reparation for the family members who had to leave the country for their safety, and any others the Court deems relevant. 22. The Commission welcomed the State's full acknowledgment of its international responsibility in the public hearing and held that it encompasses “[...] all the considerations of fact and law established [...] in its Merits Report and in the representatives’ pleadings and motions brief,” which helps give dignity to the victims and advance justice and reparation. The Commission therefore asked the Court to find the State responsible for: a) the forced disappearance of Óscar Iván Tabares Toro and the violation of his right to life, to recognition as a person before the law, to personal integrity, and to personal liberty, in accordance with the American Convention, as well as the violation of Article I(a) of the CIDFP; b) the impunity and lack of due diligence in the investigation and search for Mr. Tabares, the violation of the rights to judicial guarantees and judicial protection established in the 5