51 223. The Court has also held that given the multiple and complex nature of forced disappearance, a grave violation of human rights, it may also involve the specific violation of the right to recognition as a person before the law.313 This is because a forcibly disappeared person is no longer able to enjoy and exercise his or her rights; the forced disappearance is one of the most egregious ways of placing a person beyond the protection of the law, and also seeks to deny that person’s very existence 314 and leave the person in a kind of limbo or uncertain legal situation vis-à-vis society and the State. 224. As has been established, a total of eight persons were forcibly disappeared on August 24, 1981; January 8, 18 and 31, and February 12, 1982; and December 13, 1984. According to the testimony on record, all these individuals were seen for the last time in the custody of State security agents and their whereabouts are still unknown. All the evidence on file shows that these forced disappearances were committed in the context of the violence and persecution being waged against the Mayan people suspected of having ties to the subversive movement. 225. In keeping with the extreme violence to which detainees were subjected during that period, one of the measures routinely used was to hold the detainees absolutely incommunicado, for the clear purpose of erasing any trail of their subsequent extrajudicial execution, which was so often the fate of detainees. On this subject, the Court has written that “[p]rolonged and coercive isolation is, by nature, cruel and inhuman treatment, harmful to the mental and moral integrity of the person and the 315 right to dignity inherent to the human being.” This isolation from the outside world produces moral and psychological suffering in any person, places him in a particularly vulnerable position, and increases the risk of aggression and arbitrary acts in prison.316 226. Based on the above considerations, the Commission concludes that the State violated the right to recognition of one’s juridical personality, the right to life, the right to humane treatment and the right to personal liberty, protected under articles 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the American Convention, read in conjunction with Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of the eight disappeared persons. The Commission also finds that the State violated Article I of the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, to the detriment of this group of victims. 227. Before embarking upon its analysis of the other violations, the Commission believes it is important to underscore the fact that the heinous nature of the acts committed against the members of the village of Chichupac and neighboring communities, the more than 600 massacres committed against September 22, 2009. Series C No. 202, par. 85; and Case of Radilla Pacheco v. Mexico. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 23, 2009. Series C No. 209, par. 154. 313 I/A Court H.R., Case of Anzualdo Castro v. Peru. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 22, 2009. Series C No. 202, paragraphs 91-92; Case of Radilla Pacheco v. Mexico. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 23, 2009. Series C No. 209, par. 157. 314 I/A Court H.R., Case of Anzualdo Castro v. Peru. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of September 22, 2009. Series C No. 202, par. 90. 315 I/A Court H.R., Case of Fairén Garbi and Solís Corrales v. Honduras. Merits. Judgment of March 15, 1989. Series C No. 6, par.149; Case of Godínez Cruz v. Honduras. Merits. Judgment of January 20, 1989. Series C No. 5, paragraphs 164 and 197; and Case of Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras. Merits. Judgment of July 29, 1988. Series C No. 4, paragraphs 156 and 187. 316 I/A Court H.R., Case of Castillo Petruzzi et al. v. Peru. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of May 30, 1999. Series C No. 52, par. 195; and Case of Suárez Rosero v. Ecuador. Merits. Judgment of November 12, 1997. Series C No. 35, par. 90.