75 It had acquiesced to the petitioner’s claim that the State accelerate the processing of the domestic judicial proceedings in order to bring them to a close, punishing those responsible; The next of kin have, at all time, had access to justice and to judicial guarantees and judicial protection, and no State agent or body has prevented this. Hence, the fact that they have not used the judicial and administrative recourses cannot be attributed to the State; and The next of kin of the alleged victims or their representatives have not been prevented from accessing the ordinary civil jurisdiction to claim compensation for damages, or other bodies, such as the Ombudsman’s Office, in order to claim the compensation that corresponds to them under Act No. 836/96 (sic). (b) In the case of Carlos José Mancuello Bareiro: i) ii) iii) (c) Paraguayan justice complied with the obligation to investigate and punish the illegal acts; It had acquiesced to the petitioner’s claim that the State accelerate the processing of the domestic judicial proceedings in order to bring them to a close, punishing those responsible; and The next of kin of Mr. Mancuello have access to judicial mechanisms to claim compensation for damages in the civil courts and to administrative mechanisms for compensation under Act No. 838/96 through the Ombudsman’s Office. The State has not prevented access to these mechanisms and there is no evidence that the next of kin have resorted to them to claim fair reparations, and this cannot be attributed Paraguay. In the case of Benjamín and Rodolfo Ramírez Villalba: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) The case file is in appeal before the First Chamber of the Court of Criminal Appeal, to decide the remedies of appeal and annulment filed by the defense; Regarding Alfredo Stroessner, the beneficiary of political asylum in Brazil, an extradition request is being processed by the Brazilian courts since June 5, 2001; Sabino Augusto Montanaro was granted asylum in Honduras, a country with which Paraguay has not signed an extradition treaty; and The next of kin of the brothers have had domestic recourses available to receive prompt and adequate reparation, through either civil or administrative mechanisms, but they have not used them. The Court’s findings 108. Article 8(1) of the American Convention establishes: Every person has the right to a hearing, with due guarantees and within a reasonable time, by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal, previously established by