January 17, 2005. Said communication was included in the case file of Petition 339-02. 9. On March 29, 2007, the Commission reiterated to the petitioners its request for their observations to the State’s response, which had been sent to them on June 29, 2004. In a May 10, 2007 communication, the petitioners forwarded their July 20, 2004 response to the Commission’s request for observations. This response was duly transmitted to the State on August 9, 2007. The petitioners requested information from the Commission on the status of the processing of the instant petition on January 7, 2008. 10. The petitioners presented additional observations on March 7, 2008 and on March 10, 2008. Both communications were forwarded to the State on April 3, 2008. The petitioners requested information from the Commission regarding the processing of the instant petition on March 19, 2008. The petitioners submitted additional observations on May 3, 2008, which were transmitted to the State on June 13, 2008. The petitioners presented additional observations to the Commission on May 30, 2008, June 18, 2008, June 28, 2008, July 7, 2008, July 8, 2008, July 14, 2008, July 21, 2008, July 17, 2008, and August 6, 2008. These communications were all forwarded to the State on August 26, 2008. The petitioners presented additional observations to the Commission on August 18, 2008, and these were transmitted to the State on September 17, 2008. 11. On August 26, 2008 the Commission requested additional information from the parties, including copies of the domestic court record of the case. The requested information was submitted by the petitioners on September 25, 2008 and by the State on October 15, 2008. These communications were duly forwarded to the parties on January 14, 2009 and November 5, 2008, respectively. 12. The petitioners submitted additional information to the Commission on October 3, 2008, October 13, 2008, October 20, 2008, October 27, 2008, October 27, 2008, November 1, 2008, December 1, 2008, and December 29, 2008. These communications were duly forwarded to the State on January 14, 2009. The petitioners again submitted additional information to the Commission, dated February 6, 17, and 18. Said communications were duly transmitted to the State on February 25, 2009. III. POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES 3