7 on race or ethnic origin and repeated that “domestic remedies ha[d] not been exhausted” in this case. The State also manifested that “it ha[d] complied with the petitioners’ request to grant Dilcia and Violeta their birth certificates;” consequently, the situation that gave rise to the petition to the Commission no longer existed. During the hearing, the petitioners’ representatives stated that the harm caused to the children as a result of the discriminatory registration procedure, as well as the fact that they had lived as stateless persons for more than four years, was not remedied by the granting of the birth certificates by the State and that this action did not represent a friendly settlement, because their proposal included the adoption of other measures, such as public acknowledgement of the violations, compensating the children for the harm caused by their situation as stateless persons, and the adoption of measures to ensure non-repetition. 28. On January 31, 2002, having been granted an extension, the State submitted a brief in which it indicated that “in the interests of reaching a friendly settlement in the case and satisfying the petitioners’ basic demand, it had granted the requested birth certificates to the Yean and Bosico children] [,...] even though the petitioners [...] had not concluded the proceeding before the Public Prosecutor [...] or had recourse to a court of first instance or the Central Electoral Board.” In this regard, the State indicated that “[t]here was no provision in Dominican laws that prevented access to these bodies [, and that] what the law does not prohibit is permitted.” 29. On March 6, 2003, during its one hundred and seventeenth regular session, the Commission adopted Report No. 30/03 on the merits of the case and recommended that the State should: a) Establish guidelines that contain reasonable requirements and do not impose excessive or discriminatory obligations in order to facilitate the registration of Dominican-Haitian children with the Registry Office officials. b) Establish a procedure that allows the requirements established in paragraph (a) to be applied in the case of late declarations of the birth of those born on Dominican territory. c) Create a legal mechanism that, in case of dispute, allows individuals to file their reports directly before the judicial instance, so that their complaints can be reviewed by an independent and impartial judicial organ. d) This mechanism should provide a simple, prompt and inexpensive recourse for individuals without a birth certificate. e) Adopt the necessary measures to ensure that the children Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosico, and also their mothers, Leonidas Yean and Tiramen Bosico Cofi, receive adequate and timely reparation and public acknowledgement of the violations of their human rights contained in Articles 1, 2, 3, 8, 19, 20, 24 and 25 of the American Convention on Human Rights and [in] Article XII of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man. When making this recommendation, the Commission recognize[d] that the State had made an effort to remedy the situation; however, some measures remained pending. f) Adopt the necessary measures to prevent such facts being repeated in future. 30. On March 11, 2003, the Commission forwarded this report to the State and granted it two months from the date the communication was transmitted to provide information on the measures adopted to comply with the recommendations. The same day, the Commission informed the petitioners’ representatives that it had issued Report No. 30/03 on the merits of the case, and asked them to advise it, within one month, of their position with regard to the pertinence of the case being