11. On June 30, 2004, through note SG 178, the State submitted its report and told the Commission of its willingness to open a dialogue with the petitioners geared to exploring the possibility of reaching a friendly settlement in the case. The State also requested that the case of young Guilllermo Antonio Álvarez be separated from the joined petition, because he was in fact not a minor at the time he committed the crimes for which he was sentenced to life in prison. That information was communicated to the petitioners. In a message dated July 22, 2004, petitioner Stella Maris Martínez reported that she had opened a dialogue between the State and the petitioners. She also ratified the State’s request to separate the case of Guillermo Antonio Álvarez from petition 270-02 “insofar as it is not related to imposition of a life sentence on a minor, but rather refers to an alleged violation of the right to put on a defense at trial, to due process of law, and the right to have his honor respected and his dignity recognized.” In this regard, the Commission clarifies that this report does not encompass the case of young Guillermo Antonio Álvarez. That matter will continue to be analyzed in a separate petition regarding the violations set forth therein. 12. In note SG 209 dated August 3, 2004, the State transmitted a copy of the minutes from a meeting held on July 21, 2004 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship between the representatives of the State and Ms. Stella Maris Martínez. 13. On April 11, 2005, the Commission received a friend of the court brief regarding that petition, entitled “Imprisonment and life sentences for youth who were under the age of 18 at the time of committing the alleged crime,” submitted by various individuals and some representatives of civil society in Argentina. 14. In a communication dated June 23, 2005 the State reported that young Ricardo David Videlia Fernández had committed suicide on the 21st of that month in his cell in Mendoza Penitentiary. Ms. Stella Maris Martínez sent a message to the Commission on the same date expressing her concern over the death of the alleged victim. 15. In a letter dated July 12, 2005, petitioner Martínez asked the Commission to continue to process the petition, “in light of the death of young Videla and the virtual freezing of the dialogue with the Argentine State,” and requested that a hearing be granted during the period of sessions of the Commission to be held in October of 2005. That message was transmitted to the State on July 19, 2005, with a request that the State submit to the Commission within one month any information regarding efforts to reach a friendly settlement of the complaint. On July 12, 2005, petitioner Fernando Gastón Peñaloza also communicated with the Commission regarding the death of young Videla, stating that the circumstances surrounding his death had not been clarified, and requesting a hearing before the Commission. 16. In note SG 283 of September 9, 2005, the State informed the IACHR that pursuant to the friendly settlement discussions, the competent authorities were processing a draft bill which would establish a ceiling on prison sentences for minors under the age of 18. 17. On September 29, 2005, the Commission transmitted to both the petitioners and the State, for their information, the friend of the court brief submitted by civil society entitled “Imprisonment and life sentences for youth who were under the age of 18 at the time of committing the alleged crime.”