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Power and its impact on the defense of human rights.
28. Regarding the evidence offered in the public hearing, the Court heard the
statements of the following people:
a) María Cristina Reverón Trujillo. Alleged victim. Proposed by the
Commission. She testified, inter alia, on the facts that led to her dismissal
from the Judicial Power, as well as the alleged damage caused as a
consequence of that dismissal.
b) Jesús Eduardo Cabrera Romero. Former Director of the National School of
the Magistracy. Witness proposed by the State. He testified, inter alia, on
the process and progress in the entitlement of the judges that have led
the Supreme Court of Justice and the National School of the Magistracy.
c) Gustavo Valero. Staff Director of the Executive Office of the Magistracy.
Witness proposed by the State. He testified, inter alia, on the reparation
measures carried out in compliance of the decision of the PoliticalAdministrative Chamber that annulled the dismissal of Mrs. Reverón
Trujillo.
d) Antonio Canova González. Attorney specialized in Administrative and
Constitutional Law. Expert proposed by the representatives. He testified,
inter alia, on the situation of the Venezuelan Judicial Power, its disciplinary
regimen; as well as the constitutional and legal powers of the contentiousadministrative judges to order the comprehensive reestablishment of the
juridical situations violated in the domestic Venezuelan law.
2.
Assessment of the evidence
29. In this case, as in others,20 the Tribunal admits the evidentiary value of those
documents presented in a timely manner by the parties that were not contested or
objected, or whose authenticity was not questioned. With regard to the documents
forwarded as evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case (supra paras. 11 and 16),
the Court incorporates them into the body of evidence, in application of that stated
in Article 45(2) of the Rules of Procedure. In reference to the Order forwarded by the
representatives on March 23, 2009 (supra para. 14), the Tribunal includes it in the
body of evidence pursuant with Article 44(3) of the Rules of Procedure based on its
supervening nature and because it was not objected or contested by the other
parties.
30. Regarding the statements and expert opinions offered by the witnesses and
experts in the public hearing and through affidavits, the Court considers them
appropriate since they adjust to the object that was defined by the President of the
Tribunal in the Ruling in which she ordered they be received (supra para. 7).
31. The representatives stated that the objections to witnesses and experts
presented by the State in its brief of final arguments should be rejected because
they are time-barred. They held that the procedural opportunity for their
presentation expired in the month of December 2008, pursuant with the third
operative paragraph of the President’s Order of September 24, 2008 (supra para. 7),
which stated that the parties could present the observations they considered
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Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras, supra note 9, para. 140; Case of Perozo et al. v.
Venezuela, supra note 9, para. 94; Case of Kawas Fernández v. Honduras, supra note 15, para. 39.