9 42. On this basis, the Court will proceed to examine and evaluate all the elements that make up the body of evidence in this case, according to the rule of sound judicial discretion4, within the legal framework of the instant case. A) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 43. When submitting their brief on reparations, the representatives of the victims’ next of kin attached, as evidence, eight annexes with 34 documents5 and numerous documents supporting expenses. 44. The Inter-American Commission attached six annexes, containing six documents, as evidence with its brief on reparations6. When submitting the Spanish version of this brief, it attached three more documents7. 4 cf. Ivcher Bronstein case, supra note 2, para. 69; “The Last Temptation of Christ” case (Olmedo Bustos et al.), supra note 2, para. 54; and Baena Ricardo et al. case, supra note 2, paras. 70 and 72. 5 cf. annex 1, copy of the birth certificate of Julio Roberto Caal Sandoval; certified copy of identity card (cédula de vecindad) No. 462617, of Margarita Urbina; and sworn declaration by Margarita Urbina of April 6, 2000; annex 2, copy of the birth certificate of Henry Giovanni Contreras; copy of the birth certificate of Mónica Renata Agreda Contreras; copy of the birth certificate of Shirley Marlen Agreda Contreras; copy of the birth certificate of Osman Ravid Agreda Contreras; certified copy of identity card No. 33327, of Ana María Contreras; copy of primary education certificate of Henry Giovanni Contreras from the National Urban Coeducational School (Escuela Nacional Urbana Mixta) dated October 26, 1981; copy of primary education certificate of Henry Giovanni Contreras from the National Urban Coeducational School “Heriberto Gálvez Barrios” dated October 29, 1982; copy of primary education certificate of Henry Giovanni Contreras from the National Urban School #7 “Francisco Marroquín” dated October 31, 1983; copy of the 1983 second grade report of Henry Giovanni Contreras from the National Urban School #7 “Francisco Marroquín”; copy of the 1984 third grade report of Henry Giovanni Contreras from the National School No. 71 “German Alcántara”; certificate that Henry Giovanni Contreras worked for the company, Técnica Nacional dated April 7, 2000; copy of a page, handwritten by José Rafael Palencia, dated March 14, 2000; certificate that Henry Giovanni Contreras studied typing at the Academia Comercial de Mecanografía “Superación” dated March 22, 2000; sworn declaration by Ana María Contreras dated April 6, 2000; and copy of sports identity card of Henry Giovanni Contreras; annex 3, copy of birth certificate of Anstraun Aman Villagrán Morales; copy of the certification of the birth of Anstraun Aman Villagrán Morales issued by the Guatemala Registry Office on January 9, 1975; copy of the death certificate of Anstraun Aman Villagrán Morales of April 5, 1991; copy of identity card No. 798483 of Lorena Dianeth Villagrán Morales; copy of identity card No. 19874 of Matilde Reyna Morales García; receipt dated April 6, 2000, from “Funerales San Rafael” for funeral service for Anstraun Aman Villagrán Morales; receipt dated May 6, 1990, from Dr. David Ricardo Del Cid for treating the diabetes of Matilde Morales García; certificate of the medical record of Matilde Reyna Morales García issued on April 6, 1990, by Dr. David Ricardo Del Cid; sworn declaration by Matilde Reyna Morales García of April 6, 2000; and certificate issued by the Director of Official Boys’ School No. 72 “Reino de Bélgica”, dated April 11, 2000, with regard to Anstraun Aman Villagrán Morales; annex 4, copy of information from the Ministry of Labor and Social Insurance on the minimum wages established by law in Guatemala for 2000; annex 6, copy of the “Plan de Acción en Favor de los Niños y Niñas de la Calle” (Plan of Action for Street Children) produced by the Secretariat of Social Works of the Wife of the President, Municipality of Guatemala, Presidency of the Republic, Guatemala, February 1997; annex 7, copy of the Children and Youth Code adopted by Decree No. 78-96 of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala; and annex 8, article from the newspaper, Siglo Veintiuno, entitled “Suspenderán indefinidamente vigencia del Código de la Niñez” published on February 17, 2000; article from the newspaper, Guatemala, entitled “Una ley que nunca fue” published on February 1, 2000; article from the newspaper, Guatemala, entitled “Las cuentas que no cuadran” published on February 2, 2000; and article from the newspaper, La Hora, entitled “Código de la Niñez y la Juventud” published on February 11, 2000; and annex 5, numerous documents supporting expenses before the inter-American system. 6 cf. annex 1, table of calculations prepared by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the loss of earnings applicable to each victim; annex 2, copy of document of the National Institute of Statistics of Guatemala (INE): “Tablas Abreviadas de Mortalidad (Período 1990-1995)”; annex 3, copy of articles 100-107 of the Guatemalan Labor Code; annex 4, copy of the document entitled “Situación sobre los compromisos laborales de los Acuerdos de Paz”, MINUGUA, Guatemala City, June 2000; annex 5, copy with information from the Banco de Guatemala: Table of Interest Rates 1980-1999, drawn up by the Economic Studies Department of the Banco de Guatemala; and annex 6, copy of the table entitled