4 In addition, it recommended to Guatemala that a. It accept responsibility for the disappearance, torture and extrajudicial execution of Efraín Bámaca Velásquez. b. It conduct a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into the facts denounced in order to record in detail, in a duly authenticated, official report, the specific circumstances in which the crimes against Mr. Bámaca [Velásquez] occurred and the responsibility for the violations committed, so as to inform the wife of Mr. Bámaca [Velásquez], Jennifer Harbury, and the other members of his family about his fate and the whereabouts of his remains. c. It adopt the necessary measures to submit those responsible for the violations to competent judicial proceedings and punish all those responsible for violating human rights in this case. d. It adopt the necessary reforms of the training programs and regulations of the Guatemalan armed forces so that they conduct military operations in conformity with the laws and customs applicable to internal armed conflicts. e. It compensate the violation of the above-mentioned rights, including payment of an adequate compensation to the wife of Mr. Bámaca [Velásquez], Jennifer Harbury, and to the other members of his family. Lastly, the Commission decided 3. To transmit this report to the Government of Guatemala and grant it a period of 60 days to put its recommendations into effect. The 60-day period shall commence on the date of the transmittal of this report, during which time the Government shall not be authorized to publish it, pursuant to the provisions of Article 50 of the American Convention. 4. To submit this case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, pursuant to the provisions of Article 51 of the American Convention, if the Government has not implemented the Commission's recommendations within the period of 60 days following the transmittal of this document. 17. The Commission forwarded this report to the State on April 5, 1996, with the request that, within a period of 60 days, it should provide information on the measures adopted to resolve the situation denounced. Although it requested this period to be extended, the State did not submit the required information. IV PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 18. In accordance with the decision adopted during its 91st session (supra 16), the Commission filed the application with the Inter-American Court on August 30, 1996 (supra 1). The Court summarizes the facts set out in the application as follows: a. Efraín Bámaca Velásquez, known as “Comandante Everardo”, formed part of the Revolutionary Organization of the People in Arms (hereinafter "ORPA"), one of the guerrilla groups that made up the URNG; Bámaca Velásquez led this group's Luis Ixmatá Front. b. Efraín Bámaca Velásquez disappeared on March 12, 1992, after an encounter between the Army and the guerrilla in the village of Montúfar, near Nuevo San Carlos, Retalhuleu, in the western part of Guatemala.