35 54(61) Mr. Fermín Ramírez has been diagnosed as suffering from a chronic situational disorder (chronic stress syndrome) and of a personality disorder of a mixed nature, with impulsive/ aggressive characters. The previous could be a consequence of the extended stay in death row of the centers of maximum security where he has been imprisoned, of the chronic uncertainness of confronting a legal process in which the legal remedies presented by his defense counsel have been denied and of the pressure the means of communication have caused be announcing on several occasions his imminent execution.79 Regarding the next of kin of Mr. Fermín Ramírez 54(62) The children of Mr. Fermín Ramírez and Mrs. Ana Lucrecia Sis, former partner of the first, are: Stivent Alexander Ramírez Sis, Fernando Antonio Ramírez Sis, Marvin Geovanni Ramírez Sis, Eliseo Adonias Ramírez Sis, and Ricardo Fermín Ramírez Sis.80 54(63) The minor Fermín Ramírez Sis, son of Mr. Fermín Ramírez and Mrs. Ana Lucrecia Sis, passed away on May 20, 2001, at 14 years old, as a consequence of a “Cholangitis emphysematous, neuropathy […], tuberculosis, […] neurmosystitis-carini and […] hidden neoplasm, immunocompromise, septic shock.”81 Other facts 54(64) Law initiatives have been presented before the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala seeking to reform the laws that contemplate the application of the death penalty and to abolish it, as well as to regulate the measure of grace.82 54(65) The Institute of Compared Studies in Criminal Sciences has incurred in similar expenses with the proceeding of the present case before the bodies of the InterAmerican System Protection of Human Rights.83 of the case, volume I, folio 831); and testimonial statement offered before notary public (affidavit) by Mr. Fermín Ramírez on May 3, 2005 (dossier of statements offered before a notary public and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, volume I, folios 825 and 970). 79 Cfr. Expert statement offered before notary public (affidavit) by Mr. Rodolfo Kepfer Rodríguez on May 5, 2005 (dossier of statements offered before a notary public and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, volume I, folios 826, 830, 834, and 835). 80 Cfr. Birth certificates of Stivent Alexander Ramírez Sis, Fernando Antonio Ramírez Sis, Marvin Geovanni Ramírez Sis, Eliseo Adonias Ramírez Sis, and Ricardo Fermín Ramírez Sis (dossier of statements offered before a notary public and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, volume I, folios 837841). 81 Cfr. Death certificate of Ricardo Fermín Ramírez Sis (dossier of statements offered before a notary public and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, volume I, folio 846). 82 Cfr. Proposed law presented by the representative Otto René Cabrera Westerheyde, Legislative Authorities, Control of Proposals, Registration number 3204 (dossier of statements offered before a notary public and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case); and Agreement projects to sign the Protocol of the American Convention of Human Rights regarding the Abolition of the Death Penalty and the Tentative Plan for the law to revoke all laws that contemplate the death penalty (dossier on merits, volume IV, folios 856 through 870). 83 Cfr. List and proof of expenses made by the Institute of Compared Studies in Criminal Sciences (dossier of statements offered before a notary public and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case).