11 PROVEA was the organization that initially supported the next of kin of Roberto Javier Paz and that assisted them in the domestic proceedings on the case. Due to his contact with victims and witnesses, he learned that the army and the DISIP had incurred in several irregularities: entry into premises without judicial warrants, arbitrary detentions, tortures or mistreatment, and, in some cases, executions and disappearances. a) Expert witnesses proposed by the Inter-American Commission and the representatives 1. Magdalena López de Ibáñez, psychologist In cases of forced disappearance, the next of kin, who should also be considered as victims, are deprived of the physical and psychological security that build up both their identities as persons and their life projects. Deep pain, impotence, wrath, as well as fear and distrust are consequences it is very common to observe. Such kind of effects form a set of “disabling symptoms” that affect working, emotional and social life in general. In the cases where the victim’s next of kin are hopeful that their beloved one is still alive, they suffer more complex psychological experiences, since considering their loved ones to be dead without being certain about it, is to kill them symbolically, something which generates both guilt and ambivalence. Another recurring source of pain and grief is the impossibility of carrying out any funeral rites. The victim’s next of kin, in this case, manifested pain and suffering in different ways. For example, the young boy Oscar José Blanco-Iriarte, son of Oscar José BlancoRomero, when examined, showed “selective mutism”, sleeping and eating disorders, and difficulties at school, which had started after he had witnessed his father’s detention and the acts of physical violence against him.” Moreover, he denies his father’s death without even accepting it as a possibility. As for Alejandra Josefina Iriarte de Blanco, Oscar José Blanco-Romero’s wife, she seemed deeply depressed, and suffered from insomnia, changes in eating habits, affective flattening, low self-esteem, and a feeling of non-existence of the future. For the first two years following her husband's disappearance, she continued to suffer from a state of depression and feared that something might happen to her. She is still anguished to know "what happened and why?" and demands answers that would allow her to process her mourning completely. Nélida Marina Fernández-Rivas, mother to Francisco Rivas, shows deep perturbation of her psychological condition, set in motion by the traumatic events, which has not evolved over time. She does not accept the possibility of her son being dead and hopes she will have him back or receive "a letter or a sign" from him. She also shows anger and aggressiveness which she orients towards her other children and the rest of the family, for which reason family dynamics show significant perturbations. It is mandatory that Mrs. Fernández receive medication and undergo psychotherapy. Ms. Teodora Paz de Hernández, mother to Roberto Javier Hernández-Paz, as a consequence of her son’s detention and due to the lack of information regarding his