2 II BACKGROUND 2. The instant case was submitted to the Court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) in an application of January 19, 1995, accompanied by Report No. 23/94 of September 28, 1994. It originated from petition No. 10,154 against Guatemala, received by the Secretariat of the Commission on February 10, 1988. 3. On March 8, 1998, the Court delivered the judgment on merits in the case, in which it, unanimously: 1. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala violated Article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights in relation to its Article 1(1) to the detriment of Anna Elizabeth Paniagua Morales, Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, William Otilio González Rivera, Pablo Corado Barrientos, Manuel de Jesús González López, Augusto Angárita Ramírez, Doris Torres Gil and Marco Antonio Montes Letona. ... 2. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala violated Article 4(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to its Article 1(1) to the detriment of Anna Elizabeth Paniagua Morales, Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, William Otilio González Rivera, Pablo Corado Barrientos and Manuel de Jesús González López. ... 3. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala violated Article 5(1) and 5(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to its Article 1(1), and Articles 1, 6 and 8 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, to the detriment of Anna Elizabeth Paniagua Morales, Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, William Otilio González Rivera, Pablo Corado Barrientos, Manuel de Jesús González López, Augusto Angárita Ramírez and Oscar Vásquez. ... 4. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala violated Article 8(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to its Article 1(1) to the detriment of Anna Elizabeth Paniagua Morales, Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, William Otilio González Rivera, Pablo Corado Barrientos, Manuel de Jesús González López and Erick Leonardo Chinchilla. ... 5. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala violated Article 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to its Article 1(1) to the detriment of Anna Elizabeth Paniagua Morales, Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, William Otilio González Rivera, Pablo Corado Barrientos and Manuel de Jesús González López. ... 6. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala must conduct a genuine and effective investigation to determine the persons responsible for the human rights violations referred to in this judgment and, where appropriate, punish them. ... 7. Rule[d] that the State of Guatemala [was] obliged to make reparation for the consequences of the declared violations and pay fair compensation to the victims and, where appropriate, to their next of kin. ...