evaluate the status of compliance with the measure of reparation ordered in the eighth operative paragraph of the Judgment. a) Obligation to take, with due diligence, the measures required to locate the mortal remains of Santiago Gómez Palomino and to return them to his next of kin, and to provide the necessary conditions to transfer and bury the remains in a place of their choice (eighth operative paragraph octavo of the Judgment) 6. The State advised that the remains of Santiago Fortunato Gómez Palomino had been found on the “La Chira beach in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, during a procedure conducted by the Office of the Second Special Superior Prosecutor for Crimes involving the Corruption of Officials in the context of the effective collaboration process related to Case File No. 812007 in the proceedings against Vladimiro Montesinos Torres and others for crimes against humanity (forced disappearance and others), to the detriment of Santiago Fortunato Gómez Palomino. It also indicated that the said Prosecutor’s Office had scheduled the return of the victim’s remains to his next of kin for June 11, 2012, at 9 a.m., and that it had provided the family with all the facilities required to transfer and bury the remains of Mr. Gómez Palomino in the burial place of their choice. In addition, it explained that, based on the budget presented by the legal representatives of the next of kin, the financial expenses resulting from the burial totaled 4,262.56 new soles. According to the State, this amount corresponded to the following items: (a) contract covering all the costs of the construction of a permanent burial niche: 2,000.00 new soles; (b) funeral home: 1,850.00 new soles; and (c) adult burial and municipal charges: 412.56 new soles. In this regard, the State advised that it had assumed all the costs, attached the respective vouchers, and asked the Court to find that this aspect of the Judgment had been completed. 7. Prior to the submission of the representatives’ observations, the Commission “observe[d] with satisfaction that, more than 20 years after the forced disappearance of Santiago Gómez Palomino, his whereabouts had finally been determined and his remains returned to his family, which was a fundamental aspect for all his next of kin.” Similarly, it noted that “the victim’s whereabouts had been determined in the context of a procedure carried out during the domestic proceedings to investigate the facts, and that the place where they were found had been indicated on previous occasions.” Consequently, it asked the Court to request the State to provide detailed information on the measures that led to the discovery of the remains and their identification, as well as on how this discovery would assist the domestic investigations. Lastly, it indicated that the payment of a sum of money to the next of kin for the funeral costs was pending and asked the Court to keep the proceeding of monitoring compliance with this aspect of the Judgment open “until […] the total amount of the disbursements that the victim’s next of kin have had to make has been reimbursed.” 8. The representatives confirmed that the remains of Santiago Fortunato Gómez Palomino had been located and exhumed by the Office of the Second Special Superior Prosecutor for Crimes involving the Corruption of Officials and returned to the next of kin on June 11, 2012. They indicated that the remains were identified when the family members recognized the clothes that the victim was wearing at the time of his detention, as well as by a malformation of the bone of one of his legs. However, although DNA testing had also been ordered, the results of this were not yet know. Nevertheless, the representatives considered that the identification made by traditional methods, together with the recognition of the clothes, “is valid and a sufficient reason for accepting the return of the remains ordered by the Prosecutor’s Office.” Lastly, they confirmed that “the expenditure arising from the funeral and burial of the victim’s remains […] had been paid by the State, 4