6 this instrument authorizes the Court to order that the consequences of the situation that constituted the violation of those rights be repaired and fair compensation paid to the injured party. 5. The following persons appeared at the public hearing on this request that was held at the Inter-American Court on May 22, 2001: For Costa Rica: Farid Beirute, Prosecutor General José Enrique Castro, from the Office of the Prosecutor General Arnoldo Brenes, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Carmen Claramunt, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship For the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Pedro Nikken, delegate Carlos Ayala Corao, delegate Ariel Dulitzky, Principal Specialist of the Secretariat of the Commission Debora Benchoam, lawyer of the Secretariat of the Commission Fernando Guier, assistant Witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission: Mauricio Herrera Ulloa 6. The statements made by Costa Rica in the said public hearing, reiterating the arguments set out in its communication of May 16, 2001 (supra having seen 4), and declaring its willingness to comply with whatever the Court decides concerning the request for provisional measures under consideration by the Court. 7. The statements of the delegates of the Inter-American Commission, who indicated that they appeared at the hearing as representatives of the victims, in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the new Rules of Procedure of the Commission, which entered into force on May 1, 2001, and repeated the contents of the Commission’s communication of May 10, 2001 (supra having seen 3). 8. The testimony of Mauricio Herrera Ulloa, who stated that the registration of his name in the Judicial Registry of Offenders of Costa Rica would affect his future exercise of his profession and, in his opinion, also prejudice all his colleagues in the performance of their professional duties, since they would exercise self-censorship for fear of being accused before the courts of justice. 1 CONSIDERING: 1. That Costa Rica has been a State Party to the American Convention since April 8, 1970, and recognized the obligatory jurisdiction of the Court on July 2, 1980. 2. That Article 63.2 of the Convention establishes that: In this respect, see the article signed by 119 journalists entitled: “No nos dejan decir…”, published in the newspaper, La Nación, on May 6, 2001. 1