28 58.2.44 On January 13, 2003, the Office of the Deputy Prosecutor for Central Preliminary Investigations of the Distrito Federal Office of the Attorney General ordered the slating of preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03, which was returned from the File and which was referenced in the Record of Investigation Unit Two at the agency in charge of the investigation of offences against the administration of justice of said institution for the pertinent legal purposes. 58.2.45 On January 30, 2003, the Inter-American Commission submitted this case to the consideration of the Court.. 58.2.46 On March 17 and 24, 2003, Messrs Javier Enríquez-Sam and Fernando Alejandro Valadez-Pérez, appeared, respectively, before the Office of the Attorney General of Distrito Federal to depose concerning their July 05, 2002 report on their examination of Mr. Martín-delCampo. On July 15, 2003, the cited experts appeared again before the Distrito Federal Office of the Attorney General and showed the documents that had been analysed for the preparation of the cited psychological diagnosis. 58.2.47 On April 17, 2004, Investigation Unit Two of the agency in charge of the investigation of offences against the administration of justice requested to the Office of the General Co-ordinator of Expert Services to order a joint intervention of official psychiatry and psychology experts with a background and experience in the analysis of cases of torture in order that they, subject to a study of preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03, provide all elements necessary to clarify the incidents under investigation, and to establish whether Mr. Martíndel-Campo was subjected to psychological torture as indicated in the events denounced. On April 13, 2004, said office of the Coordinator informed that its medical personnel did not have “either the background or the experience in the analysis of torture.” 58.2.48 On July 02, 2004, Investigation Unit Two of the agency in charge of the investigation of offences against the administration of justice decided to request the support of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic’s expert services department for the appointment of trained legal medical and/or forensic experts with knowledge in the application of the international rules contained in the United Nations Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, known as the "Istanbul Protocol", in order that they certify whether or not Mr. Martín-del-Campo suffers from posttraumatic sequels that may evidence possible physical or psychological torture. 58.2.49 Up to the date on which this judgment was delivered, preliminary investigation SC/3839/95-03 continued to be open. VII PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS

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