7. The Peruvian State submitted its observations on July 11, 2006, and on July 31, 2006, it submitted the attachments it had listed as forthcoming in the observations. 8. On August 28, December 13 and December 19, 2006, and on March 19, 2007, the petitioners submitted information. On the latter date, the petitioners informed the Commission that the Centro de Asesoría Laboral (Labor Advisory Center), (CEDAL), had become a copetitioner. They also requested the grouping together of petitions 965/98, 638/03 and 1044/04, due to the fact that they were based on the same facts. Processing of Petition 638/03 9. The initial petition was received on August 27, 2003, which was assigned registration number 638/03. On June 24, 2005, the Commission received an additional communication from the petitioners. 10. On April 27, 2006, the Commission forwarded the relevant sections of the petition to the Peruvian State and requested that, in accordance with Article 30.3 of the Rules of Procedure, the State submit its response within two months. 11. On July 7, 2006, the Peruvian State submitted its observations and added its position paper “General Report of the Peruvian State to the Honorable Inter-American Commission on Human Rights with regard to various complaints on the subject of pensions.” On July 12 and July 31, 2006, the State forwarded the corresponding annexes. 12. On September 7, 2006, and on February 16, 2007, the petitioners submitted additional information. 13. On November 10, 2006, the State submitted its observations and on November 29, 2006, it forwarded the corresponding annexes. On March 26 and on April 3, 2007, the State submitted additional observations. Processing of Petition 1044/04 14. On October 8, 2004, the Commission received a new petition alleging the violation of rights enshrined in Articles 8, 25, 24, 1.1 and 2 of the American Convention to the detriment of 654 former 3