113 1. Admit partially the preliminary objection on lack of jurisdiction ratione temporis filed by the State, pursuant to the paragraphs 15 to 19 of the present Judgment. 2. Dismiss the remaining preliminary objections filed by the State, in the terms of the paragraphs 26 to 31 and 38 to 42 and 46 to 49 of the present Judgment. DECLARES, unanimously, that: 3. The provisions of the Brazilian Amnesty Law that prevent the investigation and punishment of serious human rights violations are not compatible with the American Convention, lack legal effect, and cannot continue as obstacles for the investigation of the facts of the present case, neither for the identification and punishment of those responsible, nor can they have equal or similar impact regarding other serious violations of human rights enshrined in the American Convention which occurred in Brazil. 4. The State is responsible for the enforced disappearance, and therefore, the violation of the rights to juridical personality, to life, to personal integrity, and to personal liberty, established in Articles 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of said instrument, to the detriment of the persons indicated in paragraph 125 of the present Judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 101 to 125 of the present Judgment. 5. The State has not complied with its obligation to adapt its domestic law to the American Convention on Human Rights, pursuant to Article 2, in relation to Articles 8(1), 25, and 1(1) thereof, as a consequence of the interpretation and application given to the Amnesty Law in cases of serious violations of human rights. Likewise, the State is responsible for the violation of the rights to fair trail [judicial guarantees] and judicial protection enshrined in Articles 8(1) and 25(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 2 of said instrument, for failure to investigate the facts of the present case, prosecute, and punish those responsible, to the detriment of next of kin of the disappeared persons and the executed person indicated in paragraphs 180 and 181 of the present Judgment, in the terms of paragraphs 137 to 182 thereof. 6. The State is responsible for the violation of the right to freedom of thought and expression enshrined in Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Articles 1(1), 8(1), and 25 of the same instrument, for the harm to the right to seek and receive information, as well as to the right to know the truth. Likewise, the State is responsible for the violation of the rights to fair trial [judicial guarantees] established in Article 8(1) of the American Convention, in relation to Articles 1(1) and 13(1), given the lapse of a reasonable period for the Ordinary Action, all to the detriment of the next of kin indicated in paragraphs 212, 213, and 225 of the present Judgment, in conformity with that expressed in paragraphs 196 to 225 of the Judgment. 7. The State is responsible for the violation of the right to humane treatment