9 Contreras, Ana Julia and Carmelina Mejía Ramírez, and José Rubén Rivera took place within that pattern of forced disappearances of children perpetrated during the Salvadoran internal armed conflict.” Consequently, it acknowledged its international responsibility for the forced disappearance of the six alleged victims. 18. Specifically, the State accepted as true the facts alleged in the application presented by the Inter-American Commission and in the pleadings, motions, and evidence brief of the representatives of the alleged victims, namely: the facts of the disappearance of Gregoria Herminia, Serapio Cristian and Julia Inés, all with the surname Contreras, who were children at the time, according to paragraphs 61 to 63 of the application; the facts of the disappearance of the children at the time, Ana Julia and Carmelina, both with the surnames Mejía Ramírez, according to paragraphs 85 and 86 of the application; and the facts of the disappearance of the child at the time, José Rubén Rivera, according to paragraphs 110 to 113 of the application. In addition, the State indicated that it acknowledged “the facts surrounding the disappearance of each of the [alleged] victims.” In the same way, it acknowledged “the facts described in paragraphs 64 to 68 of the application that refer to the actions taken by the mother of the Contreras siblings, with the support of the Search Association, to look for her children and the reunion with Gregoria Herminia Contreras, as well as the statements of the latter with regard to the fact of her disappearance and her subsequent situation.” 19. Regarding the legal claims, the State acknowledged its international responsibility for violation of the rights to juridical personality, life, humane treatment, personal liberty and safety, protection of the family, a name, identity and the protection of children, embodied in Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 18 and 19 of the American Convention, all to the detriment of the Contreras, Mejía Ramírez, and Rivera children; for violation of the right to humane treatment recognized in Article 5 of the American Convention, to the detriment of the next of kin of the Contreras, Mejía Ramírez, and Rivera children; for violation of Articles 8 and 25, in relation to Article 1(1) of the American Convention, to the detriment of the next of kin of the Contreras, Mejía Ramírez, and Rivera children; and for violation of the right to the truth of the alleged victims and their next of kin, protected under Articles 8, 13 and 25 of the American Convention. Regarding the rights of the family, it stated that “when understanding forced disappearance as a serious violation of the human rights of the direct victims and their next of kin, the State acknowledges that these facts also violated the right to the protection of the family, not just for the Contreras, Mejía Ramírez and Rivera children, but also for their next of kin.” In addition, it clarified that “it acknowledges its international responsibility for the violation of Articles 8 and 25, in relation to Article 1(1) of the American Convention, to the detriment of the [then] children Contreras, Mejía Ramírez and Rivera as well as their next of kin, in accordance with paragraphs 234 to 247 of the application.” 20. Regarding reparations, the State acknowledged its obligation to investigate the fate or whereabouts of Serapio Cristian, Julia Inés Contreras, Ana Julia, Carmelina Mejía Ramírez and José Rubén Rivera; to adopt measures to re-establish their identity and facilitate family reunification through the National Commission for the Search for Children Disappeared during the Internal Armed Conflict, notwithstanding the actions taken by the Salvadoran judicial system for the same purpose; to assume the expenses of the reunions and for the psychosocial attention that may be necessary in this regard and, if it is established that any of them is deceased, to locate their remains and return them to their next of kin; to investigate the facts denounced, prosecute them in a fair trial and, as appropriate, punish those responsible for the facts once they have been individualized and their criminal or administrative guilt has been determined. In its final arguments, the State made certain clarifications with regard to the requests for reparations and expressed “its willingness to accept and carry out measures of reparation that include compensation for pecuniary and