16 (cf. Law 25139 of December 14, 1989, on bonuses; Legislative Decree 276 – Statute on the Civil Service and Remuneration in the National Public Sector; Law 26894 of November 28, 1997, on the 1998 Public Sector Budget; Supreme Decree 061-98-EF of July 6, 1998, which “grants government pensioners, officials and civil servants an National Festivities bonus of an extra month’s pay”; Urgent Decree No. 107-97, of December 5, 1997, which “grants government pensioners, officials, civil servants, and armed forces and national police personnel a Christmas bonus of an extra month’s pay”; Supreme Decree No. 70-85 PCM, of July 26, 1985, which establishes “the procedure of bilateral negotiation for local governments to settle on cost-of-living salary adjustments and contracts with their officials and civil servants”; Decree-Law No. 22482 of March 27, 1979, Maternity and Nursing Subsidies; Decree-Law No. 18846, of April 28, 1971, on S.S.O. It will assume responsibility for job-related accidents; report No. 0053-98-GAF-SP-GG-PJ, dated July 9, 1998, and quotations on the exchange rate for the Peruvian currency to the United States dollar from January 1990 to June 1998, issued by the Chief of the Department of Economic Statistics and Studies, Office of the Superintendent of Banking and Insurance). 66. No objection or challenge was made to the documents submitted by the State, nor was their authenticity called into question; hence, the Court accepted them as valid and ordered that they be added to the body of evidence in the instant case. TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE 67. The victim offered to testify before the Court at a public hearing. In its reparations brief, the Commission, too, proposed that her testimony be admitted. 68. The State did not offer witnesses. 69. On May 12, 1998, the President summoned the victim to testify at a public hearing that was to be held at the seat of the Court. 70. On June 9, 1998, the State presented a note wherein it objected to the victim’s testifying. At a meeting held prior to the public hearing scheduled for later that same day, the President heard arguments from the State, the victim and the Commission and then dismissed the State’s objection and ordered that the Court would hear the testimony in question. 71. At a public hearing held on June 9, 1998, the Court heard testimony from the victim in the instant case. Summarizing, she testified to the following: She currently resides in Santiago, Chile, and is 43 years old. At the time of her detention, she was 36. A university professor with degrees in education and social work, the victim is also a second-year law student. During her detention and incarceration, she suffered various forms of abuse. She was raped and an attempt was made to drown her in the ocean. She was exhibited on television in the uniform of a prison inmate. During the proceedings before the military courts, she was not permitted to be represented by her counsel and was tried by a “faceless” court for the crime of treason. The prosecutor threatened her and forced her to incriminate herself. When she was convicted, she had a nervous breakdown and was unconscious for two days. She was incarcerated in the Chorrillos Maximum Security Prison. Conditions there were very bad: there was little to eat or drink, the medical attention was poor and she was not permitted to communicate with anyone. She remained confined to her cell, sometimes with as many as six other inmates, for 23 _ hours each day. She was incarcerated under those circumstances for four years and eight months. She suffered many health problems. As a consequence of her confinement, she