-1339. In addition to the abovementioned reparation measures, the State established and implemented: i) the Support Program for Political Prisoners who were deprived of their liberty as of March 11, 1990; ii) the PRAIS; iii) the Ministry of the Interior’s Human Rights Program; iv) technological improvements to the Forensic Medicine Service; v) the National Office for the Return of Exiled Persons; vi) the Political Exoneration Program; vii) restitution or compensation for property confiscated or acquired by the State; viii) the Human Rights Dialogue Roundtable, and ix) the presidential initiative entitled “No tomorrow without yesterday” of President Ricardo Lagos. A.2 Relevant provisions of the Civil Code 40. The Chilean Civil Code (Volume Four: “Obligations in General and Contracts” Title XXXV “Offenses and Quasi Offenses” Article 2332) establishes that “the actions granted under this Title for damages or fraud shall prescribe in four years from the date on which the deed was perpetrated.”37 41. In addition, Article 2514 in Title XLII, “Prescription”, establishes that “prescription that extinguishes the actions and rights of others shall only require that said actions not be exercised for a given period of time. That time is counted from the moment the obligation became enforceable.” 42. Article 2515 adds, “This period of time is generally three years for actions to initiate a summary lawsuit (acciones ejecutivas) and five years for ordinary actions. An action to initiate a summary lawsuit shall be converted into an ordinary action for a period of three years, and once converted into an ordinary action it shall last for only two more years.” A.3 Situation of María Laura Órdenes Guerra and her children and their case against the Chilean Treasury 43. According to the report of the Rettig Commission, on September 17, 1973, Augusto Alcayaga, a militant of the Partido Radical and President of the Empresa Elecmetal Workers’ Union, was arrested in the company premises by a contingent of police (carabineros) and military personnel. He was executed by State agents the following day, on September 18. His body with gunshot wounds was found on a street. In February 1991, the Rettig Commission decided that these facts constituted a violation of his fundamental rights without any due process of law or justification.38 44. Under the provisions of Law 19.123 of 1992, María Laura Órdenes Guerra received a monthly pension of 360,674.00 Chilean pesos, from July 1, 1991. Each of her five children was entitled to receive 15% of the total amount of the pension until the age of 25. 45. In 1997, María Órdenes filed a civil claim for damages (demanda civil de indemnización) before the Eighth Civil Court for moral prejudice caused by State agents for the kidnapping and murder of her husband Augusto Alcayaga, as well as for the denial of justice and lack of information about these events, thereby initiating the proceeding “Órdenes María v. Chilean Treasury.” 46. On January 28, 1999, the Eighth Civil Court ruled that the extrajudicial execution of Augusto Alcayaga was committed by State agents, but declared that the action was subject to the statute of limitations because it was filed after the five-year term allowed under Article 2.515 of the Civil Code, counted from the date of the victim’s death in 1973, and due to incompatibility with Law 37 Decree-Law 1. Published on May 30, 2000. 38 Cf. Report of the Rettig Commission, Volume I, page 144.