82 circumstances of the death of Benito Augusto Adorno, who died from a bullet wound on August 6, 2001 (supra para. 134.35).145 134.56 In the case of the death of young Benito Augusto Adorno (supra para. 134.35), a judicial inquiry was launched in which guard Francisco Javier González Orué was blamed for the youth’s death. On August 12, 2002, a criminal court judge cleared the guard of any blame on the grounds that it had not been proved that the bullet that killed young Benito Augusto Adorno came from Mr. González Orué’s weapon.146 The reforms introduced by the State 134.57 The State has introduced a number of legislative, administrative and infrastructural changes with regard to children in conflict with the law in Paraguay (infra para. 214). Prominent among these are the establishment of a new Code of Criminal Procedure, Policy Decision No. 214 regulating the functions of the Juvenile Trial and Sentencing Courts, a Child and Adolescent Code, and the creation of alternative centers for children in conflict with the law.147 134.58 In June 2003, the State made 18 the age of majority, thereby amending the law that had been in force at the time of the events in this case and under which 20 was the age of majority.148 Representation of the alleged victims and their next of kin in proceedings before the inter-American system for the protection of human rights and expenses associated with that representation 134.59 In the domestic proceedings and in the proceedings before the InterAmerican Commission, the alleged victims and their next of kin were represented by the Tekojojá Foundation; in the proceedings before the Commission and the Court, they were also represented by the Center for Justice and International Law. 145 Cf. Prosecution case file No. 9199, titled “Inmate Riot” on July 25, 2001 (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 24, volume III, folios 873-978); testimony given by Messrs. Walter Abel Mererles Congo, Javier González Orué, Olivero Olmedo Osorio and Pedro Ganoso Silva at the Public Ministry (file of appendixes to the application, appendix 16, folios 250-251). 146 Cf. Court case file No. 11212001 9859 Francisco Javier González Orué, manslaughter. (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 10, volume I, folios 135-226, especially folio 225). 147 Cf. May 10, 2001 Decision No. 25, in which Lic. Ana María Guerra de Casaccia, Director of Youth and Adult Education, authorizes “the opening and operation of the Itauguá Education Center M/77 in Zone D, Central Department” (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 3, volume I, folio 58); March 2002 report that the Ministry of Justice sent to the Inter-American Commission concerning the measures taken by the State to comply with the recommendations made by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in its “Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Paraguay” (file of appendixes to the brief of preliminary objections, answer to the application and observations on the pleadings and motions, appendix 11, volume I, folio 227). 148 Law No. 2169, June 27, 2003.