4 Because these questions significantly affect inter-American public order, under Article 35(1)(f) of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court the Commission takes the liberty of offering the following expert testimony: 1. xxxxxxxxxxxx, who will testify to the importance of examining structural contexts of violence against when analyzing the States’ international obligations, specifically the duty to guarantee the rights protected under the Convention. Therefore, the expert witness will address the impact that the presence of such contexts has on the determination of a State’s international responsibility. The expert will take into account the Guatemalan context and the facts of the present case. 2. xxxxxxxxxxxx, who will testify to the international standards that establish the correlation between violence against women, impunity and discrimination. The expert will elaborate upon the special obligations incumbent upon a State in a context of discrimination and violence against women. Furthermore, the expert will address the State’s deficient responses in terms of protection and investigation, and how they perpetuate the existing discrimination. Here, specific reference will be made to the existence of discriminatory stereotypes and their impact on cases such as this. The expert will also make reference to how this correlation is addressed in other systems for the protection of human rights and may make specific reference to the facts of this case. Finally, the petitioners expressed the victims’ interest in the submission of the present case to the Inter-American Court and informed that the following shall be representatives of the victims: Jorge Rolando Velásquez Durán y Carlos Pop Ac xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed in the original Elizabeth Abi-Mershed Deputy Executive Secretary