There appeared before the Court: for the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), representing the victim and his next of kin: Viviana Krsticevic, and Maria Clara Galvis Patiño for the Inter-American Commission: Domingo Acevedo, delegate, and Milton Castillo Rodríguez, lawyer for the State of Bolivia: Ambassador Jorge Monje Zapata, and Fabián Volio Echeverría, agent. The witness summoned by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure): Antonia Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero. 20. On October 3, 2001, in view of the questions that the Court had asked the State during the public hearing on reparations, and on the instructions of the President, the Secretariat asked the representatives of the victim and his next of kin, the Commission and the State whether the ordinary criminal legislation in force in Bolivia contained provisions regarding statutes of limitations to the punitive powers of the State, with regard to conduct that constituted crimes of a continuous or permanent nature, and whether, under Bolivian legislation, there was any procedure conducive to the reclassification of a crime that was currently classified as a specific criminal offense; more specifically, whether the crime of homicide could be reclassified as the crime of forced disappearance of persons. It granted the parties until November 1, 2001, to present this information. 21. On October 9, 2001, on the instructions of the President and pursuant to Article 44 of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat granted Bolivia a non-extendible period until October 29, 2001, to present various documents as evidence to help it make a more informed decision2. 22. The same day, on the instructions of the President in view of the authority given to him by the Court, and pursuant to Article 44 of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat granted until October 29, 2001, without the possibility of an extension, 2 The information requested referred to: life expectancy in Bolivia, by age, for the period from 1972 to date, issued by the appropriate competent authority; the evolution of the minimum wage in Bolivia, from 1972 to date, issued by the appropriate competent authority; the evolution of the minimum wage of an “office worker” in Bolivia, from 1972 to date, issued by the appropriate competent authority; the average salary of a philosophy professional in Bolivia during his first five working years, in 1972 and currently, issued by the appropriate competent authority; whether the Bolivian legislation contained any labor-related provisions establishing the right to a bonus payment or allowance, such as, for example, what in some legislation, is the right to receive a Christmas bonus, issued by the appropriate competent authority; and the official exchange rate in Bolivia of local currency in relation to the United States dollar for the period from 1972 to date, issued by the Central Bank of Bolivia.