Commission appointed Commissioner Tracy Robinson and Executive Secretary Emilio Álvarez Icaza L., as its delegates, and Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Deputy Executive Secretary, and Silvia Serrano Guzmán, Isabel Madariaga and Cristina Blanco as legal advisors. 3. The Inter-American Commission’s requests. Based on the foregoing, the Commission asked the Court to declare the international responsibility of the State for the violations mentioned in its Merits Report and to order the State to comply with the recommendations indicated in that document as measures of reparation (supra para. 2). II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 4. Notification to the State and to the representatives of the presumed victims. 2 On February 5, 2013, the State and the representatives of the presumed victims (hereinafter “the representatives”) were notified of the submission of this case by the Commission 5. Brief with pleadings, motions and evidence. On January 3, 2014, the representatives submitted the brief with pleadings, motions and evidence (hereinafter “pleadings and motions brief”) in which they requested access to the Victims Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Court (hereinafter “the Assistance Fund”). 6. Answering brief. On April 10, 2014, the State filed its brief with preliminary objections, answering the submission of the case, and with observations on the pleadings and motions brief (hereinafter “the answering brief”). 3 In this brief, the State filed a preliminary objection on the failure to exhaust domestic remedies. 7. Brief with observations on the preliminary objections. On May 15 and 22, 2014, the Commission and the representatives, respectively, forwarded their observations on the preliminary objection filed by the State. 8. Assistance Fund. In an order of May 30, 2014, 4 the President of the Court declared admissible the representatives’ request to access the Assistance Fund so that the necessary financial assistance would be granted for two representatives to attend the public hearings and for the presentation of a maximum of three statements and one expert opinion. 9. Request to adopt provisional measures. On July 19, 2014, the representatives asked the Court to adopt provisional measures in favor of Miriam Merced Miranda Chamorro and other members of OFRANEH, as a result of an alleged kidnapping by a group of armed men in the community of Vallecito, municipality of Limon, department For this case, the accredited representatives are Miriam Miranda Chamorro, OFRANEH Coordinator and Christian Callejas Escojo, legal advisor. 3 In a communication of November 28, 2013, the State appointed Ricardo Rodriguez as its Agent and Kelvin Aguirre as Deputy Agent. Then, in a communication of January 27, 2014, the State appointed Abraham Alvarenga Urbina as its Agent and Jorge Abilio Serrano Villanueva as Deputy Agent. 4 Case of the Punta Piedra Garifuna Community and its members v. Honduras. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights concerning the Victims' Legal Assistance Fund of May 30, 2014. Available at: http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/asuntos/garifuna_fv_14.pdf 2 7