would require support from the Assistance Fund in order to participate in the public hearing, and in relation to the witness and expert testimonies indicated in the offer of evidence, a matter that should be clarified in the final list of deponents.6 Despite the foregoing, the President notes that the representative did not forward his definitive list of deponents, and therefore the list submitted in the brief of pleadings and motions shall be considered as the final list, and only with respect to those persons correctly indicated, pursuant to Article 40(2)(c) of the Rules - in other words, the deponents named together with the object of their statement and, where applicable, the expert witnesses, including their curriculum vitae and contact details. 21. Consequently, the President orders that statements be received from Dennis Cerezo Cervantes, Eduardo Tigua Castro, Rodolfo Sández Jiménez, Luis Humberto Córdova Ramos, as well as the expert opinions of Iván Castro Patiño, Hugo Miguel Morán Sánchez and Ignacio Hanna Musse. The object of these statements and the manner in which they are to be rendered shall be specified in the operative part of this Order (infra Operative paragraphs 1 and 5). 2. Alleged victim summoned officially by the President 22. The President notes that the representative has not offered the alleged victim Melba Suárez Peralta as a deponent in this case, even though she was included in the request for support from the Legal Assistance Fund (supra Considering paragraph 19) so that she could participate in the public hearing. Notwithstanding this fact, the President considers that the testimony of the alleged victim Melba Suárez Peralta is useful for the purposes of describing to the Court the alleged violations of her human rights and their consequences for her health. Also, the alleged victim may explain to the Court the possible measures of reparation that it should adopt in relation to her specific situation. 23. Given the importance of this statement in an examination of the possible merits and reparations in this case, and based on the powers granted under Article 58(a) of the Rules of the Court, the President decides that the Court shall receive the statement of the alleged victim Melba Suárez Peralta. Its object and the manner in which it will be rendered is specified in this Order (infra Operative paragraph 1). 3. Expert opinions offered by the State 24. In its answer brief, the State offered three groups of expert opinions: a) Verónica Valencia and Iván Ríofrio, on psychiatric intervention models in pre-operative, peri-operative and post-operative processes; b) Margarita Mencía and Jaysoon Abarca, on diagnostic, emergency and surgical procedures in gastroenterology in Ecuador, and c) Manuel Jácome, Nelly Valladares and Luis Alfonso Pazmiño, on legal accounting for the assessment of pecuniary reparations. 25. In its definitive list of deponents, the State indicated that the expert opinion on psychiatric intervention models in pre-operative, peri-operative and post-operative processes would be rendered only by Mrs. Verónica Valencia, Head of the Psychiatric Service at the Eugenio Espejo Hospital and that the expert opinion on diagnostic, emergency and surgical procedures in gastroenterology in Ecuador would be rendered only by Mr. Jaysoon Abarca, Head of the Gastroenterology Service of the Eugenio Espejo Hospital. It further indicated that the expert witness Luis Alfonso Pazmiño 6 Order of the President of the Court of September 14, 2012, supra, Considering paragraph 7. 7

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