8 absolutely absent, in both the executive and the judicial power. Furthermore, the representative alleged that “those who are guilty have not been detained” and he stated that several police officers have failed to appear before the authorities due to the lack of political willingness. Also, he explained that the existing legal problem at domestic level with the evidence gathered by the ad hoc Commission is that Article 18 of the Argentine Constitution sets forth that no one can be tried by special Commissions; that the ad hoc Commission made its report available to the Judicial Power so that it "judicializes the case file", but the witnesses were never summoned to corroborate their statements nor was the documentary evidence received by the ad hoc Commission included in the case file. Only in 2007 was the report of the had hoc Commission included in the criminal case file; b) regarding the excavations in order to find the bodies of Garrido and Baigorria, the representative mentioned that an excavation plan was suggested, based on the statement of a witness who claimed to know where the bodies had been placed. Nevertheless, so far it has been impossible to find them; c) regarding the search and identification of the two out-of-wedlock children of Mr. Raúl Baigorria, he informed that both them, in their capacity as representatives of the victims and their next of kin and the next of kin of Mr. Baigorria, who were examined, have expressed that they were not aware of the existence of those alleged children; d) that other non-pecuniary integral reparation measures were necessary, such as public apologies, the publication of the ad hoc Commission report and the determination of the place where Garrido and Baigorria were kidnapped, and e) that it is necessary to have a compliance schedule of the reparations so that the case is present in both the legal and the political agenda of the State. 8. That the Commission expressed the following in the above mentioned private hearing: a) with respect to the justice-related aspect, it acknowledged that it is a complex case of forced disappearance and that the passing of time makes the investigations more difficult; that, however, does not justify that truth and justice are not achieved. It claimed that there is a delay and an evident non-fulfillment as there are no conclusive results at this point; b) as to the location of the out-of-wedlock children of Mr. Baigorria, the existence of whom is not under discussion, it is ordering the execution of concrete actions in order to locate them. In this sense, it suggested the revision of the record of entry of Mr. Raúl Baigorria to the Mendoza Penitentiary so as to identify the people who had been authorized by Baigorria himself to visit him, and c) that it supported the proposal of the representative to set a schedule of compliance and the need to come to an agreement on concrete issues regarding fulfillment. Also, it suggested a new follow-up meeting and a public hearing. 9. That the States Parties to the Convention must guarantee the compliance with the conventional provisions and their own effects (effet utile) within the scope of their

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