58 Arguments of the representatives of the next of kin of the victim 154. With respect to the mode of compliance with the reparations claimed, the representatives requested the following: a) b) c) d) e) that the State pay compensation and adopt the other measures ordered by the Court, within six months of the date it receives notice of the judgment on reparations issued by the Court; that payment of compensation be made directly to the victims or to their next of kin who are adults or their heirs; that said payment be made in United States dollars or an equivalent sum, in cash and in national Argentinean currency, at its exchange rate with respect to the United States dollar on the day before the payment is made; that payment of compensation be exempted from all currently existing taxes and those that may be decreed in the future; and that if the State should be in arrears, it pay interest on the amount owed, according to the interest rate for arrearages in the Argentinean banking system. The representatives also pointed out, with respect to the observation of the State that as a result of the adoption of various economic provisions there has been a strong devaluation of the Argentine currency vis-à-vis that of the United States, that it “reaffirm[ed] that [it] does not seek to obtain undue enrichment, and therefore [it] wish[ed] to express [its] intention to submit to whatever the [...] Court deems fair as regards updating of the amount of compensation.” Arguments of the Commission 155. The Commission endorsed the requests of the representatives regarding mode of compliance with the measures of reparation. Arguments of the State 156. With respect to the amounts requested by the representatives of the next of kin of the alleged victim and the Inter-American Commission, the State pointed out that: a) b) c) they are expressed in United States dollars, despite the fact that at the time of filing of the brief on reparations, Convertibility Law No. 23,928 was in force in Argentina, and it established, among other things, parity between Argentinean currency and the United States dollar. Said law was annulled on January 6, 2002 by Law No. 25,561, and Argentinean currency underwent devaluation with respect to United States currency; comparison between the claim made in the instant case and others being processed under domestic jurisdiction, which have been affected by the aforementioned monetary devaluation, would demonstrate inequality; and if the amounts claimed were to remain the same and at the exchange rate set in the brief on reparations, the amounts claimed would be excessive.

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