36 ii. Searches carried out by the Special Commission 96. The Special Commission98 carried out its first mission in May 1996, with the support of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team,99 wherein no excavations were done.100 Then, in June and July of 1996, the Special Commission and the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team carried out a second mission, wherein they found three bodily remains, but only one was compatible with the search criteria.101 Finally, in March 2004, another mission was carried out, wherein nothing resulted.102 iii. Searches carried out by other organs of the State 97. In July 2001, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office carried out a mission in the Araguaia region, also with the support of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team.103 Subsequently, in October of 2001, with the support of the Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Members of Parliament, the mission of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office found eight bodily remains, those of which have yet to be identified.104 The Public Prosecutor’s Office made another trip to the region, in December 2001, without specific results.105 iv. Searches carried out by the Interministerial Commission 98. On October 2, 2003, the State created an Interministerial Commission, via Decree No. 4.850, to investigate the circumstances of the disappearances that occurred in the context of the Guerrilha do Araguaia, with the purpose of obtaining information that would allow for the localization of the bodily remains of its members, their identification, transport, and burial, as well as the issuance of 98 The Special Commission also has jurisdiction to “carry out efforts regarding the search of the bodies of the disappeared persons when there was evidence of where they were located.” Cf. Law No. 9.140/95, Article 4(II), supra note 87, folio 5567. 99 Cf. Trip Report, supra note 94, folios 6381 to 6388; Technical Report of the first visit by the Argentine Forensic Anthropological Team carried out in the Araguaia region on May 8 to 11, 1996 (case file of annexes to the application, appendix 3, tome III, folios 2439 to 2449), and Right to Memory and Truth, supra note 67, folios 5607 and 5763. 100 Cf. Trip Report, supra note 94, folio 6382. 101 Cf. Right to Memory and Truth, supra note 67, folio 5763; Trip Report, supra note 94, folio 6385, and statement rendered by Mrs. Schmidt de Almeida, supra note 94. Also cf. Technical report of the second mission of the Argentine Forensic Anthropological Team of July 25, 1996 (case file of annexes to the application, appendix 3, tome III, folios 2450 to 2458). 102 Cf. Trip Report, supra note 94, folio 6383. Similarly, cf. Report of the Argentine Forensic Anthropological Team regarding the mission of March 4 to 13, 2004, (case file of annexes to the application, appendix 3, tome III, annex 43, folios 1435 a 1446). 103 This mission was a result of the preliminary investigations No. MPF/SP 103/2001, MPF/PA 011/2001 and MPF/DF OS/2001. See Trip Report, supra note 94, folios 6382 and 6383. The bodily remains found were sent to Brasilia but they were not identified. In its report of August 2, 2001, the Argentine Forensic Anthropological Team reiterated its recommendations regarding the human and logistical resources necessary for future searches and emphasized the importance of field work and of finding experts in the region. In this regard, cf. Report of the Argentine Forensic Anthropological Team of August 21, 2001 (case file of annexes to the application, appendix 3, tome III, annex 42, folios 1429 a 1434). 104 Cf. Trip Report, supra note 94, folio 6386 and final written arguments of the State (case file on the merits, tome IX, folios 4931 to 4933). 105 Cf. Trip Report, supra note 94, folios 6382 and 6383.