Assistance Fund, the respondent State shall be informed in due course of the expenditures made from the Assistance Fund so that it may submit any observations, if it so wishes, within the period established for that purpose. F. Final oral and written arguments and observations 42. The representative and the State may submit to the Court their final oral arguments regarding the preliminary objections and possible merits, reparations and costs in this case, respectively, once the statements and expert reports have been presented. As established in Article 51(8) of the Rules, once the arguments have concluded, the Inter-American Commission shall present its final oral observations. 43. According to Article 56 of the Rules, alleged victims or their representatives, the State and the Commission may submit their final written arguments and final written observations, respectively, regarding the preliminary objections, merits reparations and costs, within the period specified in Operative paragraph 12 of this Order. THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Pursuant to Articles 24(1) and 25(2) of the Statute of the Court and Articles 4, 15(1), 26, 31(2), 35(1), 40(2), 41(1), 45, 46, 50 to 58 and 60 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, and in the exercise of its authority in relation to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the Court, DECIDES: 1. To require, for the reasons stated in this Order (Considering paragraphs 32 to 34), in accordance with the principle of procedural economy and in exercise of the authority granted under Article 50(1) of the Rules of the Court, the following individuals to render their statements by affidavit: A) Alleged victim officially summoned by the President 1. Melba Suárez Peralta, who will testify on alleged violations of her human rights, their alleged consequences on her state of health and any possible measures of reparation considered necessary in her case. B) Witnesses proposed by the representative 1. Eduardo Tigua Castro, a medical psychologist, who will testify on the psychological suffering of Mrs. Suárez Peralta and on the damage caused to her family; 2. Rodolfo Sánchez Jiménez, a university lecturer at the Faculty of Psychological Sciences, who will testify on Mrs. Suárez Peralta’s current situation and on the after-effects that the medical malpractice that occurred in the past could have on her in the future, and 11

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