not shown due diligence in identifying, prosecuting and punishing those responsible. Complete impunity reigns in the case. On May 5, 1999, Bolivia ratified the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons, which establishes that the criminal prosecution for the forced disappearance of persons shall not be subject to statutes of limitations. Since the whereabouts of José Carlos Trujillo Oroza are unknown and the facts have not been clarified, the offense of forced disappearance of persons is continuous and therefore the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons is fully applicable in this case. The State has the obligation to eliminate the internal impediment of extinguishment of the criminal proceeding so that “those responsible may be criminally prosecuted and punished under the offense of forced disappearance of persons”; c) legislative reforms Bolivia will only fulfill its international obligations when the offense of forced disappearance of persons is defined as an offense in the Bolivian Criminal Code; and d) rehabilitation measures The Commission supports the request of the victim’s next of kin that the State should offer them the facilities necessary for their mental, physical and psychological rehabilitation, since they have suffered for many years, seeking a loved one and demanding that justice be done. With regard to public acknowledgment of responsibility, the Commission indicated that: a) it considered that the State’s withdrawal of the preliminary objections and acknowledgement of the facts in the application, together with its acceptance of international responsibility before the Court, constituted measures of satisfaction in this case; and b) it supported the request of the victim’s next of kin that the State should erect a monument to the memory of the victim and declare February 2 to be the “National Day of the Detained-Disappeared”, as symbolic acts to recall the date on which José Carlos Trujillo Oroza was disappeared. The State’s arguments 93. On this point, the State argued as follows: a) investigation into the facts The Commission’s application acknowledges that the State carried out the administrative investigation that determined some of the facts and identified certain persons who might be guilty. On September 5, 1994, the State advised the Commission about these investigations. On April 10, 1996, the Minister for Foreign Affairs sent a note to Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero informing her of the investigations. The Court’s judgment of January 26, 2000, acknowledges that Bolivia has initiated judicial proceedings. This investigation followed its normal course, the testimony of four of those