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45(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, the State was requested to present a complete
and specific report on the investigations related to this case.13
15.
On June 9, 2008 the Commission, the State and the representatives submitted,
respectively, their final written arguments on the preliminary objections and the possible
merits, reparations and costs. On July 18, 2008, the representatives filed the brief of
“observations to the final written arguments presented by the […] State” (infra para. 53).
16.
On July 25, 2008, following the instructions of the President, the parties were
notified that in paragraph 362 of the application, the Commission requested the Court to
incorporate to the case file of these proceedings “a copy of all the proceedings related to the
provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court in favor of the reporters,
executives and other employees of the Venezuelan television station, Globovisión”.
Following the instructions of the President, the representatives and the State were
requested to submit, no later than August 1, 2008, the observations they consider
appropriate to the request made by the Inter-American Commission. The Court did not
receive any observation in such regard.
17.
On December 4, 2008 the representatives of the allegad victims informed on an
allegedly "new administrative sanction procedure [initiated by the National
Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL)] against Globovisión”. The Secretariat
informed the parties, following the instructions of the President, that said brief would be
brought to the attention of the full Court and that its admissibility and legal basis would be
resolved in time fashion (infra para. 54).
18.
On January 16, 2009 the Secretariat informed the parties that, under the terms of
Article 45(1) of the Rules of Procedure, certain domestic laws presented by the State in the
case of Ríos v. Venezuela would be admitted into the body of evidence and the parties were
granted the possibility to present observations thereto (infra para. 111). On that same day,
the representatives filed a brief by means of which they informed about an alleged attack
against reporters, executives and employees of Globovisión and requested the Tribunal to
“take into account these serious acts at the moment of render a judgment in this case". On
January 26, that same year, the parties were informed on the fact that the brief would be
brought to the attention of the full Court, for all relevant legal purposes, and that the
admissibility and legal basis of such brief would be resolved in time fashion (infra para. 55).
19.
Furthermore, the following organizations, entities and institutions filed briefs as amici
curiae: On April 25, 28 and 30, 2008 the non-governmental organizations “Asociación
Internacional de Radiodifusión-AIR” and the “Observatorio Iberoamericano de la
Democracia”, the “Colegio Nacional de Periodistas” of Venezuela and the National Union of
Journalists of Venezuela (SNTP), respectively; on May 2, 2008 the organization “Sociedad
Interamericana de Prensa”; on May 6, 2008 the “Universidad Católica Andrés Bello” and the
“Institute of Legal Defense-IDL”; on May 7 and 30 and on June 2, 2008, the “Asociación de
Radiodifusores de Chile- ARCHI”, the "Association of the Bar of the City of New York” and
according to which the alleged victims would "be responsible for the incidents that occured", whether they would
have contributed to the occurrence of the alleged facts as human rights violations.
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The State was requested to present a complete and timely report on the investigations related to the
Globovisión mass media, conducted before the 50º Plenipotentiary Prosecutor of the Office of the Prosecutors
General and also to refer to each one of the facts denounced; the legal classification of the facts; the persons that
appear as aggrieved parties, affected parties or alleged victims as well as the current state of the investigations.
Moreover, the State was requested to inform on two possible complaints related to the communication media
Globovisión conducted before the 29º Prosecutor of the Office of the Prosecutors General of the Judicial District of
the Metropolitan Area of Caracas, and if applicable, to forward copies of the respective investigations.