40. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has also observed that in accordance with generally recognized principles of international law, domestic remedies must be adequate, that is, they are suitable to address an infringement of a violated legal right, and must be effective, that is, capable of producing the result for which they were designed. 36 41. In the instant case, the petitioner alleges delay in rendering justice, since to date no final judgment has been rendered in the criminal proceedings that were instituted with her criminal complaint of November 21, 2001, and she claims that the State authorities committed a series of irregularities in the criminal proceedings that have prevented clarification of the facts and determination of criminal responsibility. 42. For its part, the State claims that domestic remedies have not been exhausted and that the delay in the proceedings stems from multiple steps taken by both parties. It indicates that the criminal proceedings were conducted in accordance with the law and that the judicial authorities acted lawfully. 43. The Commission notes that the documents submitted by the petitioner and the State establish that the petitioner has sought all remedies available to her under domestic law to further the criminal proceedings. In that regard, the domestic criminal legislation in force at the time the facts occurred established that it is incumbent upon the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic to bring criminal charges for the crime of rape when the victim is under age 16, without prejudice to any complaint that may have been filed or charges brought by the injured party or her representatives.37 The Commission has repeatedly held that when a crime is committed which is publically prosecutable, the State is under the obligation to set the criminal law system into motion and to process the matter until the end. 38 Both the of Loayza Tamayo, Preliminary Objections. Judgment of January 31, 1996, Series C No. 25, para. 40; I-A Court H.R., Exceptions to the Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies (Arts. 46(1), 46(2)(a) and 46(2)(b) American Convention on Human Rights). Advisory Opinion OC-11/90 of August 10, 1990. Series A No. 11. 36 I-A Court H.R., Case of Velásquez Rodríguez. Judgment of July 29, 1988. Series C No. 4, paras. 64-66. 37 Article 205, Law No.150, Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Nicaragua (L.G., September 9, 1992). 38 See, for example, IACHR, Report Nº 94/06, Petition 540-04, Admissibility, Inés Fernández Ortega et al., Mexico, October 21, 2006, para. 23; IACHR, Report Nº 93/06, Petition 972-03, Admissibility, Valentina Rosendo Cantú et al., Mexico, October 21, 2006, para. 27; IACHR, Report Nº 52/97, Case11.218, Arges Sequeira Mangas, 14