34 125. Furthermore, section 56 of said law sets forth that “[a]ny authority recruiting minors under the age of 18, […] unless otherwise established herein and notwithstanding the criminal liability thereunder, shall be dismissed or disqualified for holding public offices for a period of five years.”58 126. According to the expert witness Juan Carlos Yuste-Alonso (supra para. 69.B.4), in practice, Paraguayan authorities do not comply with the limitations imposed by domestic legislation for recruiting minors under the age of 18. 127. Moreover, Section 36 of Law No. 569/75 established a special regime regarding Military Instruction Centers for Reserve Student Training (CIMEFOR), which offers students who have successfully completed their 4th year at high school the possibility to attend military service for five-week periods during school holidays.59 Until March 2000, admission to CIMEFOR required an authorization from the Counsel for Incompetent Persons and, after April that year, also from First Instance Juvenile Courts (supra para. 71(25)). 128. In the Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay, published in 2001, the Inter-American Commission found that “[e]ven though the law provides that in exceptional circumstances the age for military service can be brought forward, for justified causes and with parents’ consent, this exception is not unusual, becoming practically a rule.” 60 Furthermore, the Commission noted that “in many cases recruitment following intimidation of the parents whose sons have a “good physique” for military service.” 61 129. Notwithstanding the foregoing international law provisions, in many cases children are subject to forced recruitment through coercion on the children themselves or their relatives. It has been stated that in some cases the age records of enlisted children have been forged.62 After recruitment, children usually receive identical treatment to adults, thus leading to dramatic physical and psychological consequences.63 130. The State acknowledged the occurrence of mistreatment, forced recruitment and death involving children in active military service (supra para. 71(27)). In most cases, these violations resulted from excesses committed by officers in command 58 Law No. 569/75, supra note 13, section 56. 59 Law No. 569/75, supra note 13, Section 36. 60 ICHR, Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay, OEA/Ser./L/VII.110 Doc. 52, March 9, 2001, Chapter VII, para. 37. 61 ICHR, Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay, supra note 60, para. 38. 62 Cf. The Impact of Armed Conflicts on Children, Report produced by the expert Graca Machel for the United Nations, submitted in August 1996, pursuant to Resolution No. 48/157 of December 20, 1993, adopted by the General Assembly of the UNO, para. 36; available at http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/bdf752e7cd66ca7f80256706003ef3e5?Opendoc ument. 63 Cf. The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, supra note 62, para. 44.