Regent University20; 29) Mr. Álvaro Francisco Amaya Villareal, Ms. Bárbara Mora Martínez and Ms. Carolina Restrepo Herrera; 30) Ms. Lisa Davis, Ms. Jessica Stern, Ms. Dorothy L. Fernández, Ms. Megan C. Kieffer, Ms. Rachel M. Wertheimer, Ms. Erin I. Herlihy, and Mr. Justin D. Hoogs21; 31) Ms. Andrea Minichiello Williams, Ms. Ruth Ross and Mr. Mark Mudri22; and 32) the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Rights of the Program on Health Rights, Division of Legal Studies of the Center for Economic Research and Education [Área de Derechos Sexuales and Reproductivos del Programa de Right to Salud, División de Estudios Jurídicos del Centro de Investigación and Docencia Económicas23. 11. On September 24, 2011, the representatives and the State forwarded their final arguments and the Inter-American Commission presented its final written observations on this case. Moreover, on that occasion, the parties answered the questions prepared by the judges as well as the requests by the Court for evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case. These briefs were forwarded to the parties, to whom the Court gave an opportunity to present any observations deemed pertinent. 12. On November 29, 2011, the Court issued a Decision in which it ordered, as evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, that the three girls M., V. and R., be informed of their right to be heard by the Court and of the consequences arising from the exercise of that right, so that they could express their wishes in that regard24. 13. On February 8, 2012, the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court held a hearing in Santiago de Chile in which the girls M. and R. participated. For reasons of force majeure the girl V. was not present at the hearing. During said hearing the girls made several observations in relation to the case, which are of a confidential nature (infra paras. ¡Error! No se encuentra el origen de la referencia. to 71). 14. On February 16, 2012, the record of the above mentioned proceedings was communicated to the parties. 25 20 The brief was filed by Ms. Lynne Marie Kohm, on behalf of the Center for Global Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Law School at Regent University. 21 The brief was filed by Ms. Lisa Davis, Clinical Professor of Law, of the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic at the City University of New York Law School; Ms. Jessica Stern, of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; and Dorothy L. Fernández, Justin D. Hoogs, Megan C. Kieffer, Rachel M. Wertheimer and Erin I. Herlihy, of Morrison & Foerster LLP. Other participant in the brief include Amnesty International; ARC International; Center for Constitutional Rights; the Council for Global Equality; Human Rights Watch; Lawyers for Children Inc; Legal Aid Society of New York; Legal Momentum; MADRE; Centro Nacional de Derechos Lésbicos; Iniciativa Nacional de Derechos Económicos y Sociales; the New York City Bar Association; Women’s Link Worldwide and the Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES). 22 Ms. Andrea Minichiello Williams is the Director General of the Christian Legal Center/Christian Legal Fellowship. Ms. Ruth Ross is the Executive Director of the Christian Legal Fellowship. Mr. Mark Mudri is the Regional Facilitator of Advocates Oceania. 23 The brief was filed by Ms. Estefania Vela Barba and Mr. Alejandro Madrazo Lajous, of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights Area of the Program on Health Rights of the Legal Studies Division of the Center for Economic Research and Teaching. 24 Case of Atala Riffo and daughters V. Chile. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 29, 2011. Available at: http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/asuntos/atala_29_11_111.pdf 25 In a brief filed on February 23, 2012, the State submitted its observations regarding the confidentiality of the aforementioned record of proceedings. 8