88 regarding the whereabouts via individual actions or via the formation of different groups, which participated in investigation expeditions to the place where the facts occurred, or in the filing of proceedings before the domestic or international jurisdiction;345 c) the disappearance of their siblings has caused physical and emotional scars;346 d) the facts have affected their social relations, in addition to having caused a breakdown in the family dynamic;347 e) the harm they have lived has increased given the State’s omission regarding the lack of information and investigation and the denial of access to State archives,348 and f) the lack of 345 Cf. Statement by Mrs. Laura Petit da Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement by Mrs. Elizabeth Silveira and Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement of Mrs. Diva Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1535 a 1538; statement of Mrs. Aldo Creder Corrêa rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1601, 1602 and 1606; statement by Mr. Clovis Petit de Olivieira rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1612 and 1618; statement of Mrs. Dinorá Santana Rodrigues rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1634; statement of Mrs. Dirceneide Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1643; statement of Mr. Jose Dalmo Ribeiro rendered before a public notary (case file on the merits, tome IV, folio 1662); statement by Mrs. Lorena Moroni Girão Barroso rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1672 and 1673; statement of Mrs. Elena Gilbertini Castiglia rendered before a public notary, wherein she spoke also of her grandson (case file on the merits, tome IV, folio 1645); statement by Mrs. Eliana de Castro Pinheiro rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1682; statement by Mrs. Sônia Maria Haas rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1705, 1708 a 1711; statement by Mrs. Terezinha Souza Amorim rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1715; statement by Mrs. Valeria Costa de Couto rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1725; Angela Harkavy participated as a petitioner in the case before the Inter-American Commission as of January 10, 1997, maintaining said position during the entire procedure, and Mr. Roberto Valadão was a petitioner in the Ordinary Action 82.0024682-5, holding this position to date. 346 Cf. Statement by Mrs. Laura Petit da Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement by Elizabeth Silveira e Silva in the public hearing, wherein she also referred to her brothers, supra note 344; statement of Mrs. Diva Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1533; statement of Mr. Clovis Petit de Oliveira rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1612; statement of Mrs. Aldo Creder Corrêa rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1602, 1603 and 1605; statement of Mrs. Dinorá Santana Rodrigues rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1634; statement of Mrs. Dirceneide Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1643; statement by Mrs. Helenalda Resende de Souza Nazareth rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1652 a 1654; statement by Mrs. Lorena Moroni Girão Barroso rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1670, 1671 and 1674; statement by Mrs. Maria Eliana de Castro Pinheiro rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1682; Statement by Mrs. Maristella Nurchis rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1685; statement by Mrs. Sônia Maria Haas rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1706 and 1708; statement by Mrs. Terezinha Souza Amorim rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1715, and statement by Mrs. Valeria Costa de Couto rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1726. 347 Cf. Statement by Mrs. Laura Petit da Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement by Elizabeth Silveira and Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement of Mrs. Diva Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1532; statement of Mrs. Aldo Creder Corrêa rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1601 and 1603; statement of Mr. Clovis Petit de Oliveira rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1613 and 1616; statement by Mrs. Dilma Santana Miranda rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1630; statement of Mrs. Dirceneide Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1643; statement by Mrs. Lorena Moroni Girão Barroso rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1674; statement by Mrs. Eliana de Castro Pinheiro rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1682; statement by Mrs. Sônia Maria Haas rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1682, and statement by Mrs. Valeria Costa de Couto rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1724. 348 Cf. Statement by Mrs. Laura Petit da Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement by Elizabeth Silveira and Silva in the public hearing, supra note 344; statement of Mrs. Diva Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1533; statement of Mrs. Aldo Creder Corrêa rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1603; statement of Mr. Clovis Petit de Oliveira rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folios 1613 and 1614; statement of Mrs. Dinorá Santana Rodrigues rendered before a public notary, wherein she discusses the suffering of the next of kin for the lack of clarification regarding the facts by the State, supra note 344, folio 1634, statement of Mrs. Dirceneide Soares Santana rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1643; statement by Mrs. Helenalda Resende de Souza Nazareth rendered before a public notary, supra note 344, folio 1654; statement of Mr. Jose Dalmo Ribeiro rendered before a public notary,