fundamental rights recognized in the American Convention, and apply the urgent search mechanism established in Article 90 of the 2008 Constitution to cases similar to the present case. With regard to the identification of the family members who should be considered victims in this case, the Commission informs the Inter-American Court that it determined the number and identities of the victims upon adopting Report No. 119/10. However, following the adoption of the merits report, the petitioners sent the Commission a more extensive list of the members of Mr. Palma Mendoza’s family. The Commission offers an expert witness to be defined, who will testify about the topic of effective judicial protection: the right to an effective remedy, the minimum formalities needed to reveal the whereabouts of a person reported as disappeared or abducted, and the absence of an effective response from the Ecuadorian judiciary. The curriculum vitae of the expert proposed by the IACHR is attached as an annex. Finally, the petitioners expressed the victims’ interest in the submission of the present case to the Inter-American Court and informed that the representatives of the victims are: Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos Carlos Ibarra 176 y Av. 10 de Agosto Apartado 1703-720 Quito, Ecuador Tel: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxx Please allow me to greet you and express my appreciation. Signed in the original Elizabeth Abi-Mershed Executive Deputy Secretary