9 means of Law No. 1897 of May 27, 2002 to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, and 3) the amendment to Law No. 123/52 on the Army “CIMEFOR” [Military Training Center for Students and Army Reserve Officers], which regulates voluntary military service and which is still pending passage by parliamentary Committees. 34. That the representatives pointed out that the enactment of Law No. 3360, which sets forth that the minimum age required to be recruited into compulsory military service is 18 years old, “amounts to partial compliance with the Operative Paragraph concerned[, wherefore] the amendment to Law No. 123/52 on the ‘CIMEFOR’ would be the only obligation pending fulfillment so that the prohibition to recruit minors under 18 years old extends to [voluntary] military service too.” Furthermore, the representatives “express[ed] their satisfaction on account of the progress made by the State” as to the amendment of Law No. 569/75 on “Compulsory Military Service.” 35. That the Commission “appreciat[ed] the partial compliance with this obligation by the State of Paraguay through the amendment to [Law No. 3360,] which is an important step towards the adaptation of its domestic legislation to the applicable international standards.” It further pointed out that it “will be awaiting specific information on the steps taken to amend similarly Law No. 123/52 on the “CIMEFOR,” regarding voluntary military service.” 36. That the Court appreciates the partial compliance by the State with this obligation by means of the enactment of Law No. 3360, which sets forth that the minimum age required to be recruited into compulsory military service is 18 years old. Notwithstanding, it will be awaiting information on the progress reported by the State as to the amendment of Law No. 123/52 on the “CIMEFOR,” which would regulate voluntary military service and which, as reported by the State, is pending passage by parliamentary Committees. In this regard, the Court recalls what was provided for in paragraph 118 of the Judgment, wherein the Court noted that “on March 14, 2006, the President of the Republic [stated] that the minimum age required to be recruited into compulsory military service in Paraguay will be 18 years old.” Thus, the Court urges the State to fully comply with this obligation through all appropriate bodies, and deems it necessary to receive updated information on the latest specific steps taken in relation to said amendment. * * * 37. That regarding the obligation to pay compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages and to reimburse costs and expenses (fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth operative paragraphs of the Judgment), the State forwarded copies of the receipts of payment thereof to Gerardo Vargas-Areco’s next of kin. 38. That the representatives highlighted that though the State submitted the documentation showing payment of compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages and reimbursement of costs and expenses, said payment “was ma[de] after the