6 approval. The estimated time for the whole procedure is about three months from today’s date. b) Regarding the recommendation to suspend all activity relating to the logging concession granted to SOLCARSA and to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Government of Nicaragua cancelled this concession on February 16, 1998. On that day, it notified Michael Kang, General Manager of SOLCARSA[,] that, as of that date, the concession was null and void. He was also advised that he should order the suspension of all activities and warned that, to the contrary, he would be violating Article 167 of the Constitution and be liable to having either a criminal or civil suit brought against him. c) Regarding the recommendation to initiate discussions with the Awas Tingni [C]ommunity, the Government of Nicaragua is firmly committed to finding a global solution for all the indigenous communities of the [A]tlantic [C]oast, within the framework of the [C]ommunal [P]roperty Draft Bill, and to this end, there will be extensive consultations with these communities. 27. As regards the conclusions of Report No. 27/98, the Nicaraguan State expressed its acknowledgment of the rights of the indigenous communities, enshrined in its Constitution and other legislative norms. It further stated that it has faithfully complied with the previous legal provisions and, consequently, it has acted in accordance with the national legal system and the provisions of the rules and procedures of the [American] Convention [on] Human Rights. Likewise, the Community of Awas Tingni exercised their rights as set forth in the law and had access to the legal remedies that the law provides. Finally, Nicaragua requested that the Inter-American Commission close the instant case. 28. On May 28, 1998, the Commission decided to bring the case before the Court. IV PROCEEDING BEFORE THE COURT 29. The Commission filed the application before the Court on June 4, 1998. 30. The Commission appointed Claudio Grossman and Hélio Bicudo as its delegates, David Padilla, Hernando Valencia and Bertha Santoscoy, as its legal advisors, and James Anaya, Todd Crider, and María Luisa Acosta Castellón as the assistants. 31. On June 19, 1998, after a preliminary examination of the application by the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”), the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) notified the State of the application, as well as of the periods within which it should respond to it, raise preliminary objections, and appoint its representatives. Furthermore, it invited the State to appoint an ad hoc Judge. That same day, the Secretariat requested the Commission to send some pages of the petition annexes which were illegible. 32. On July 2, 1998, Nicaragua appointed Alejandro Montiel Argüello as ad hoc Judge, and Edmundo Castillo Salazar as its agent. 33. That same day, the Commission submitted to the Court copies of the application annex pages requested by the Secretariat (supra para. 31), as well as the