-6stated that “with regard to the information provided by the representatives of the
beneficiaries concerning the difficulties they face to attend the hearing, […] it
considers […] it would be advisable to consider postponing it” and indicated, inter
alia, that it deemed it very important that the beneficiaries be able to present to the
Court their position regarding the measures the State has advised that it has
adopted.
10.
The brief of June 30, 2006, in which Argentina forwarded its observations on
the brief of June 26, 2006, presented by the representatives of the beneficiaries of
the measures (supra Having seen paragraph 5) and indicated, inter alia, that:
a) It was evaluating the possibility of assuming the cost of the air transportation
of María Leontina Millacura Llaipén and her lawyers. This possibility should be
interpreted in the context of the traditional policy of cooperation between the
Argentine State and the Inter-American Court and Commission; and
b) The representatives’ request that the provisional measures ordered should be
expanded to require the State to guarantee the representatives’ access to the
jurisdiction had insufficient legal grounds, because it was not based on either
the Convention or the Rules of Procedure in force and, moreover, access to
the jurisdiction had already been made effective by the issue of the urgent
measures requested by the Commission, which, in addition to being a
legitimate party, will be present at the hearing, thus guaranteeing plurality.
11.
The note of the Secretariat of June 30, 2006, in which, on the instructions of
the President, it informed the State that, owing to the imminence of the public
hearing that had been convened, it was urgent that it provide information, as soon
as possible, about the decision it had adopted regarding the possibility of assuming
the cost of the air transportation of María Leontina Millacura Llaipén and her lawyers
(supra Having seen paragraph 10(a)), so that the Court could take the appropriate
decisions.
12.
The brief of July 1, 2006, in which the representatives stated that “the three
parties to the case would attend the prior meeting and the hearing, if they obtained
sufficient funds,” and requested information about whether the State had submitted
the report it had been required to present in the fourth operative paragraph of the
Order of President of June 21, 2006 (supra Having seen paragraph 4).
13.
The note of the Secretariat of July 3, 2006, in which, on the instructions of
the President of the Court, it requested the State to submit, as soon as possible, the
report required in the fourth operative paragraph of the Order of the President of
June 21, 2006 (supra Having seen paragraph 4), which was supposed to have been
presented by June 30, 2006.
14.
The brief of July 3, 2006, in which the State indicated, inter alia, that:
a) “The Human Rights Secretariat […] had confirmed by telephone […] that it
would assume the cost of the air transportation of the lawyers and the
government of Chubut Province had confirmed that it would assume the
transportation costs of María Leontina Millacura Llaipén”; and
b) Regarding the request made in the Secretariat’s note of June 30, 2006 (supra
Having seen paragraph 7), it indicated that this documentation had not been