53 that the defendant, Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, died in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 16, 2006. Facts subsequent to 1989 61(121) On December 22, 1992, a series of documents were revealed that would subsequently constitute the Documentation Center for the Defense of Human Rights, better known as the “Terror Files”; this is one of the most important and irrefutable sources of evidence of the grave abuses committed during the dictatorship of General Stroessner. The documents provide an overview of the Stroessner regime and contain abundant evidence of human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial executions and disappearances, as well as the repressive international cooperation.43 61(122) On June 20, 1992, a new Paraguayan Constitution was promulgated, which derogated the Constitution of August 25, 1967, and its amendment of March 25, 1977.44 61(123) On September 12, 1996, the State promulgated Act No. 838/96 “providing compensation for victims of human rights violations during the 1954 to 1989 dictatorship; namely, forced disappearances, extrajudicial or summary executions, torture and arbitrary detention.45 61(124) On October 6, 2003, the State adopted Act No. 2225, “creating the Truth and Justice Commission” “to investigate facts that constitute or could constitute human rights violations committed by State or para-State agents from May 1954 until the promulgation of the law,” especially: (a) forced disappearance; (b) extrajudicial execution; (c) torture and other severe injuries; (d) exile; and (e) other grave human rights violations.46 Representation of the alleged victims’ next of kin before the domestic jurisdiction and the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights 61(125) The alleged victims’ next of kin have taken many measures before the national authorities to determine the whereabouts of their loved ones, and within the framework of the criminal proceedings. They have been represented by several lawyers, and assisted by the Comité de Iglesias Para Ayudas de Emergencia (CIPAE) and by Global Rights in the domestic jurisdiction and before the inter-American system for the protection of human rights. 43 Cf. sworn statement made by the expert witness Alfredo Boccia Paz, supra note 12; Es mi informe, supra note 11, pp. 25-30, and the book Testimonio contra el Olvido; Reseña de la Infamia y el Terror, supra note 11. 44 Cf. Constitution of the Republic of Paraguay. 45 Cf. Act No. 838 “providing compensation for victims of human rights violations during the dictatorship of 1954 to 1989” of September 12, 1996 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 5, folios 6130, 6131 and 6133). 46 Cf. article 3 of Act 2225/03, “creating the Truth and Justice Commission” of October 6, 2003 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 5, folios 6133 and 6136).