11 para. 44). It objected to the testimony of Mrs. Silvia Portillo Martínez, offered by the representatives, and the expert testimony of Mr. Carlos Arestivo, offered by the Commission. As for the affidavit by Jorge Bogarín González, a witness offered by the Commission, the State asked the Court to request from the Ministry of Justice and Labor “copies of the pertinent official court orders issued by that former magistrate in his capacity as a criminal court judge.” 52. On April 28, 2004, the Commission presented its comments on the affidavits that the State’s witnesses and experts gave at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay (supra para. 45). In those comments, the Commission objected to portions of the testimony given by Fernando Vicente Canillas Vera, Estanislao Balbuena Jara and Teresa de Jesús Almirón Fernández. It also indicated that it had no comments on the affidavits given by the representatives’ witnesses (supra para. 44). 53. On April 28, 2004, the Commission asked the Court to consult the respondent State about the appendixes that some of the State’s witnesses had supplied when they made their statements at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay. On May 1, 2004, the Court asked the State to submit the documents in question. That request was reiterated on May 31, 2004. On June 3, 2004, the State presented copies of the documents that some of the State’s witnesses had provided at the time they made their statements at the Office of the Chief Government Notary of the Republic of Paraguay. 54. On May 3 and 4, 2004, at a public hearing on preliminary objections and eventual merits, reparations and costs, the Court heard the testimony of the witnesses and experts offered by the Inter-American Commission and the representatives. The Court also heard the final oral arguments of the Inter-American Commission, the representatives and the State. There appeared before the Court: for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Santiago Canton, delegate; Ignacio J. Álvarez, advisor, and Lilly Ching, advisor; for the representatives: Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director of CEJIL; Raquel Talavera, attorney with CEJIL; María Clara Galvis, attorney with CEJIL, and Liliana Tojo, attorney with CEJIL; for the State: Julio Duarte Van Humbeck, agent; Mario Sandoval, alternate agent; Alberto Sandoval Diez, advisor, and Edgar Taboada Insfrán, advisor; witnesses offered by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: