14 forwarded his written expert report on this case21. The Commission also transmitted a copy of this document by facsimile22. The report analyzes economic, social and cultural rights. 80. When presenting its brief with final arguments (supra para. 58), the State attached two appendices containing five documents as evidence23. 81. The State presented (supra para. 58) a document entitled “Explicación de los Regímenes Laborales y Pensionarios que se aplican en la República of Peru y análisis específico de la situación de cada uno de los pensionistas” [Explanation of labor and pension regimes applied in the Republic of Peru and specific analysis of the situation of each of the pensioners], to which it attached an appendix24. 82. When presenting their brief with final arguments (supra para. 59) the representatives of the alleged victims and their next of kin attached 11 appendices containing 13 documents as evidence25. B) TESTIMONIAL AND EXPERT EVIDENCE 83. On September 3 and 4, 2002, the Court received the statements of the witnesses and the report of the expert witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the representatives of the alleged victims and their next of kin (supra para. 50), respectively. The relevant parts of these statements are summarized below: a. Statement by Carlos Torres Benvenuto, alleged victim In January 1950, he began to work at the SBS and ceased to work for that institution on December 31, 1986. He was Director General; he worked at the SBS for a total of 37 years, 11 months and 15 days. He ceased working for the SBS because he had worked for more than 37 years and for family-related reasons. With his pension, he covered the household expenses, the maintenance, food, education and health of all his family, composed of his six children, one of whom is still financially dependent on him. He intended to continue supporting his family, collecting the pension under the regime of Decree Law No. 20530, which authorized him to have a pension known in Peru as the “célula viva” [living cell], which consists in receiving the equivalent of the amount the person who currently occupies that 21 Cf. folios 1364 to 1406 of Tome VI of the file on merits and possible reparations. 22 Cf. folios 1408 to 1449 of Tome VI of the file on merits and possible reparations. 23 Cf. appendices 1 and 2 of the brief with the State’s final arguments presented on October 29, 2002 (folios 1507 to 1530 of Tome VI of the file on merits and possible reparations). 24 25 Cf. folios 1552 to 1582 of Tome VI of the file on merits and possible reparations. Cf. appendices 1 to 11 of the brief of October 30, 2002, of the representatives of the alleged victims and their next of kin, presented on November 6, 2002 (folios 1643 to 1724 of Tome VI of the file on merits and possible reparations).