38 vi. amend Section 10 of Law No. 123/52, regarding the organization of CIMEFOR, to prevent the inclusion of minors under the age of 18 in this regime; vii. design training material and regular courses in human rights for all recruitment, promotion and training programs available to the members of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, including international standards and rules regarding the involvement of minors in compulsory military service and the international law principles in force regarding the use of force; viii. prepare educational material (audiovisual presentations) on the case of Vargas-Areco to be distributed on an annual basis at elementary and secondary schools, to thus illustrate the conditions and risks associated with compulsory military service; ix. implement regular training courses for the members of the Attorney General’s Office, Judicial Power, Police and Forensic Physicians Group regarding the gathering and assessment of forensic evidence; x. name “Gerardo Vargas-Areco” the street where the residence of Gerardo’s relatives is located and affix a commemorative plaque on the site; xi. pass a law to offer reparation to all victims of death, torture, abuse and mistreatment while in compulsory military service in Paraguay; and xii. provide full medical treatment, on a permanent and continuous basis, to the relatives of Gerardo and, particularly, to Mrs. De Belén; e) as regards to costs and expenses, the Court must order the State to: i. pay SERPAJ PY US$ 9,017 (nine thousand seventeen United States dollars) for the expenses incurred during domestic and international proceedings; and ii. pay CEJIL US$ 23,383.83 (twenty-three thousand, three hundred and eighty-three United States dollars and eighty-three cents) for the expenses incurred during proceedings before the international jurisdiction, for which CEJIL submitted vouchers in the amount of US$ 8,601.90 (eight thousand, six hundred and one United States dollars, and ninety cents). Arguments of the State 137. The State argued that: a) as part of its ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the State signed and deposited a declaration which sets forth that 18 years old is the minimum age for recruitment into the Paraguayan Armed Forces, and the Commander of the Military Forces of Paraguay had signed a project that would be sent to the National Congress to amend Law No. 569/75 (“Compulsory Military Service”) and Law No. 123/52 (regarding CIMEFOR), in relation to the minimum age for recruitment into the Armed Forces;