TABLE OF CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND CAUSE OF ACTION 5 II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 6 III JURISDICTION 8 IV PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS 8 A. Preliminary objection of lack of jurisdiction ratione temporis 8 A.1. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission 8 A.2. Considerations of the Court 9 A. Preliminary objection of lack of jurisdiction ratione materiae 11 B.1. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission 11 B.2. Considerations of the Court 11 C. Preliminary objection of failure to exhaust domestic remedies as regards harm involved in the alleged violation of Articles 8 and 25 of the Convention, in connection with the breach of the duties to provide reparations for human rights violations and adapt domestic law 11 C.1. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission 11 C.2. Considerations of the Court 12 D. Preliminary objection for violation of the right to defense and international due process to the detriment of the Argentine State 13 D.1. Arguments of the parties and of the Commission 13 D.2. Considerations of the Court 13 V EVIDENCE 14 A. Admissibility of the documentary evidence 14 B. Admissibility of expert statements and evidence 17 VI FACTS 18 A. Context 18 A.1. The dictatorship in Argentina during the period 1976-1983 18 A.2. The plan for systematic repression during the dictatorship 19 A.3. Coordinated repression in the context of “Operation Condor” 19 A.4. The “Automotores Orletti” secret detention and torture center 21 A.5. Report of the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP) and other actions aimed at establishing and providing reparations for what happened during the military government 21 B. Relevant legal framework 23 C. Facts committed to the detriment of the Julien-Grisonas family 25 C.1. The Julien-Grisonas family 25 C.2. The operation of September 26, 1976 26 C.3. Detention in “Automotores Orletti” and subsequent transfer of Anatole and Victoria to Uruguay and Chile 27 C.4. The search for and discovery of Anatole and Victoria by their biological grandmother 27 D. Judicial and administrative processes carried out 28 D.1. Criminal processes 28 2