15 Human Rights Commission of the Legislative Body. The death of Damião XimenesLopes still remains unpunished in every respect. The proceedings have taken a lot of time. Regarding to the criminal proceedings, this witness stated that some elements were missing from the case file; mainly, the testimonies rendered by Francisco Ivo de Vasconcelos, João Alves da Silva and Sebastião Vieira-Filho, which the witness consider to be important since such testimonies indicate that both the hospital and the State are responsible for the death of Ximenes-Lopes. The witness’s mother, as the entire family, refuses to receive the life pension offered by the State since she believes that it does not redress the damage caused. They consider the State’s proposal to be humiliating. The witness appreciates the fact that the Psychosocial Care Center (CAPS) was named after her brother, but she does not see the gesture as an indicator of justice, since that was the least they could do. b) Francisco das Chagas-Melo, former patient of Casa de Reposo Guararapes During the time he was hospitalized in Casa de Reposo Guararapes, he was a victim of violence but did not report it to the police. He was aware of other violence and death cases in Casa de Reposo Guararapes, although no investigations were carried out. He identified the people who committed acts of violence as Eliésio, Cosmo, Carlão and Nonato. This witness heard that Carlão was a very aggressive person and also saw Cosmo perform acts of violence and masturbate while looking at naked women. Casa de Reposo was a place tainted with violence, abuse of power, and lacking any kind of assistance to patients. 2. Testimony of witness proposed by the Representatives a) João Alfredo Teles-Melo, who at the time the events occurred was a representative in the Legislative Body of the state of Ceará, where he presided over the Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. At present, he is a representative in the Federal Congress. The Human Rights and Citizenship Commission is an office that receives complaints, claims and petitions filed by residents and directed to the applicable authorities. The commission has the duty to monitor the follow-up of such human rights-related claims through reports or public hearings. In the case of Damião Ximenes-Lopes, his sister, his mother, and other inpatients of Casa de Reposo Guararapes were invited to provide informative statements. Official letters and motions requesting measures both in the administrative and disciplinary area were sent to different authorities, including police officers and members of the judiciary, the Medicine Council, the Municipality of Sobral, through the Secretariat of Health of the State and the Secretariat of Health. In the visit made to Casa de Reposo Guararapes, the witness could see that the institution was in very bad hygiene conditions, and the inpatients were neglected, with no one in charge of the medical or administrative areas. The State had not adequately inspected Casa de Reposo Guararapes.