8 10. The Court will assess compliance with its judgments on the merits and on reparations once it receives the aforementioned report by the State and the respective observations of the victims or, if applicable, of their next of kin and their representatives and of the Inter-American Commission on said measures of reparation (supra Considering seven). NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, exercising its authority to monitor compliance with its decisions and pursuant to the provisions of Articles 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, Article 25(1) of the Statute of the Court and Article 29(2) of its Rules of Procedure, DECLARES: 1. That the procedure to monitor compliance with the points stated in Considering seven of the instant Order will remain open. AND DECIDES: 2. To exhort the State to adopt such measures as may be necessary to effectively and promptly comply with the reparations ordered in the March 8, 1998 Judgment on the merits and the May 25, 2001 Judgment on reparations, compliance with which is pending, pursuant to the provisions of Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 3. To order the State to submit a detailed report, no later than April 1, 2004, stating all measures adopted to investigate what happened to the victims in the instant case; the steps taken with respect to transfer of the mortal remains of Pablo Corado Barrientos and their subsequent burial at the place chosen by his next of kin; the legislative, administrative or other measures adopted to ensure the reliability and public nature of the detainee records; and the measures adopted for payment of compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as for legal costs and expenses, in accordance with operative paragraphs one and five of the Judgment on reparations, and as set forth in Considering seven of the instant Order. 4. To order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, as well as the victims or, if applicable, their next of kin and their representatives to submit their observations to the report by the State mentioned in the previous operative paragraph within two months of the date of receipt thereof. 5. To continue monitoring compliance with the March 8, 1998 Judgment on the merits and the May 25, 2001 Judgment on reparations in the Paniagua Morales et al. Case. 6. To notify the instant Order on compliance with Judgment to the State, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the victims or, if applicable, to their next of kin and their representatives.