7 received by the Executive Secretariat of the Commission on 18 September, 1995”. This information was forwarded to the petitioners on September 20, 1995. 9. On August 12, 1996, the petitioners requested a public hearing with the In a note of September 6, 1996, the Commission during its 93rd session. Commission informed the parties that a public hearing would be held on October 7, 1996. 10. In a note of October 22, 1996, the Commission made itself available to the parties in order to seek a friendly settlement to the case. This procedure was unsuccessful. 11. On March 4, 1997, a second public hearing was held during the 95th session of the Commission. At that time, Yris Medina Cova, wife of Wolfang Waldemar Quintana, who died on March 2, 1989, gave evidence. Moreover, Liliana Ortega, Director of COFAVIC, Ariel Dulitzky and Viviana Krsticevic of the Center for Justice and International Law (hereinafter “CEJIL”), and Héctor Faúndez Ledesma appeared as representatives of the victims. Francisco Paparoni and Raúl Arrieta attended for the State. 12. On September 1, 1997, and on May 29, 1998, the petitioners transmitted additional information to the Commission, which was forwarded to the State. Venezuela did not make observations on it. 13. On October 1, 1998, the Commission, during its 100th session, adopted Report 83/98 and forwarded it to the State on December 7, 1998, with the request that it should adopt the corresponding recommendations within two months. In this report, the Commission recommended that the State: 477. ...[C]onduct an exhaustive investigation to identify, prosecute and punish those responsible for the deaths of Miguel Angel Aguilera La Rosa, Armando Antonio Castellanos Canelones, Luis Manuel Colmenares, Juan José Garrido Blanco, Daniel Guevara Ramos, Gustavo Pedro Guía Laya, Mercedes Hernández Gonzáles, Crisanto Mederos, Francisco Antonio Moncada Gutiérrez, Héctor Ortega Zapata, Richard José Páez Páez, Carlos Elías Ojeda Parra, José del Carmen Pirela León, José Vicente Pérez Rivas, Jorge Daniel Quintana, Wolfgang Waldemar Quintana Vivas, Yurima Milagros Ramos Mendoza, Iván Rey, Rubén Javier Rojas Campos, Esteban Luciano Rosillo García, Leobaldo Antonio Salas Guillén, Tirso Cruz Tezara Álvarez, Benito del Carmen Aldana Bastidas, Jesús Calixto Blanco, Boris Eduardo Bolívar Marcano, Jesús Alberto Cartaya, Julio César Freites, Héctor Lugo Cabriles, José Ramón Montenegro, Elsa Ramírez Caminero, Sabas Reyes Gómez, Fidel Romero Castro, Alís Flores Torres, Roberto Valbuena Borjas, José Valero Suárez and Jesús Cedeño. The State should also pay fair compensation to the next of kin of the above-mentioned victims for patrimonial and non-patrimonial damages, including pain and suffering. 478. ...[C]onduct an exhaustive investigation to locate Abelardo Antonio Pérez, Andrés Eloy Suárez Sánchez, José Miguel Liscano Betancourt, Juan Acasio Mena Bello, and Jesús Rafael Villalobos, who to date are considered to be disappeared persons. Should the death of any of these persons be determined, the State should identify and punish those responsible for this criminal act. Furthermore, if any of these persons has died as a consequence of direct actions of State agents, their next of kin should be paid fair compensation for patrimonial and non-patrimonial damages, including pain and suffering. 479. ...[C]onduct an exhaustive investigation to identify, prosecute and punish those responsible for the injuries caused to Gregoria Matilde Castillo, Henry Eduardo Herrera Hurtado and Noraima Sosa Ríos, who suffered violations to their physical integrity during the events of February 27, 1989. The State should pay these