7 23. By a brief dated October 9, 1998, the State submitted its observations on the identification papers of Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez and the consequences of the fact that the victim did not have those identification papers in his possession on the day the events in question occurred. It also pointed out that although the voter registration booklet had been issued on July 14, 1986, "it does not show any record of the individual having voted in the municipal and general elections" held, respectively, in 1989 and 1990, so that Castillo-Páez had not exercised his political rights. 24. In a brief from the State dated October 26, 1998, a registration record was received for Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez, issued by the Chief of the Records Unit of the National Registry of Identification and Vital Statistics and a "certification issued by the Office of Remunerations and Benefits of the Office of Personnel of the Ministry of the Interior" regarding the salary that a sociologist at that agency receives. IV EVIDENCE * * * DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY THE PARTIES 25. By briefs dated February 25 and June 4, 1998, the victim’s next of kin offered the following documents as evidence: a) The birth certificate and voter registration booklet of Mr. Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez; b) The marriage license of Cronwell Pierre Castillo-Castillo and Carmen Rosa Páez-Warton; c) The birth certificate of Ms. Mónica Inés Castillo; d) The sworn testimony of Mr. Cronwell Pierre Castillo-Castillo during the Inter-American Court’s proceedings into the merits; e) An autopsy report on Abel Malpartida-Páez, cousin of the victim, who allegedly disappeared under similar circumstances; f) A copy of the canceled payment voucher of Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez for the first semester of the 1990 at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru; g) The teaching contract of Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez with the Instituto Superior de Estudios Teológicos "Juan XXIII" [John XXIII Theological Studies Institute], signed September 6, 1988; h) A salary pay slip of Ernesto Rafael Castillo-Páez for October 1990; i) A sworn statement, dated February 19, 1998, and a pay slip dated January 21, 1998, both from sociologist Manuel Piqueras-Luna;