23 4.553/02, and No. 5.584/05, and the fundamental constitutional guarantees regarding freedom of expression and access to information; 32) Paulo César Endo, psychologist and professor, expert witness proposed by the representatives. Rendered an expert report on: a) the alleged affects of the enforced disappearance and the lack of justice and truth regarding what happened to the next of kin; b) the characteristics that an appropriate program of psychological care for said harm should have, and c) other measures that the State should adopt to repair the alleged perpetrated violations; 33) Hélio Bicudo, former Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of San Pablo, expert on international law of human rights, expert witness proposed by the representatives. Rendered an expert opinion on how the interpretation given to the “derived crimes” enshrined in Law No. 6.683/79 has become an alleged obstacle to the criminal prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators of the serious human rights violations committed during the Brazilian military regime; 34) Estevão Chaves de Rezende Martins,50 professor, former Legislative Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and former Legislative General Counsel of the Federal Senate, expert witness proposed by the State. Rendered an expert report on the historical Brazilian experience under the concept of “transitional justice,” and 35) Alcides Martins, Assistant Attorney General of the Republic, expert witness proposed by the State. Rendered a legal and technical analysis of the Amnesty Law. 53. In regard to the evidence rendered at the public hearing, the Court heard the declarations of the following persons: 1) Laura Petit da Silva, alleged victim, proposed by the Commission and the representatives. Declared on: a) the identification of her sister, Maria Lúcia Petit da Silva; b) the impact the alleged execution of her sister and the alleged enforced disappearance of her brothers, Lúcio and Jaime Petit da Silva, had on her life and on her family, and c) the efforts and obstacles that she had faced to obtain the truth and justice; 2) Criméia Alice Schmidt de Almeida, and 3) Elizabeth Silveira e Silva, alleged victims, proposed by the representatives. Declared on matters dealing with: a) their family relationship with the alleged disappeared victim; b) the manner in which they found out about the enforced disappearance; c) the personal efforts and actions taken by the next of kin to know the truth regarding the events and the location of the bodily remains of their loved ones; d) the political context experienced during the military regime in Brazil; e) the actions of the public authorities, as well as other obstacles faced in the search for justice; f) the pecuniary and nonpecuniary consequences of the enforced disappearances, and the lack of truth and justice in their personal and family life, and g) the compensation received; 50 Cf. Case of Gomes Lund et al. (“Guerrilha do Araguaia”). Reconsideration, supra note 47, Considering clauses 4 to 11 and Operative Paragraph 1.

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