ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF MAY 30, 2014 VICTIM’S LEGAL ASSISTENCE FUND CASE OF THE GARÍFUNA PUNTA PIEDRA COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBERS v. HONDURAS HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of October 1, 2013 and its attachments, which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "Commission") filed for the Garifuna Punta Piedra Community and its members before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court," "Court," or "the Tribunal"), for the State of Honduras (hereinafter "the State" or "Honduras"). 2. The brief of January 3, 2014, in which the representatives of the alleged victims (hereinafter "the representatives") filed their pleadings, motions, and evidence (hereinafter "brief of pleadings and motions") and requested the application of the Victim’s Legal Assistance Fund of the Court to "provide funding for litigation in this case, given the lack of economic means to cover litigation expenses.” 3. The note of the Secretariat of the Court of February 10, 2014, in which it was stated that the representatives did not provide any specific probative evidence of the lack of financial resources of the alleged victims in the case. In accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the Rules of Procedure for the Fund, the representatives, by no later than February 18, 2014, must provide a sworn statement by the authorities of the community or other evidentiary means to prove that the alleged victims “lack sufficient financial resources to cover the costs of the proceedings before the Court.” 4. The communication of February 21, 2014, in which the representatives requested an extension to submit the documentation required given that “[t]he community is located at a great distance and the insecurity in the region due to drug gangs impede the hiring of a notary public who accepts entering the community to receive the sworn declaration of the members authorized for that purpose.” 5. The note of the Secretariat of the Court of February 21, 2014, wherein the requested extension was provided and it was noted that the documentation must be provided by no later than March 2, 2014. 6. The communication of February 25, in which the representatives requested the admission of testimonial and expert evidence in order to properly establish the violations alleged in the brief pleadings and motions. In this regard, they noted that at the time of filing the brief of pleadings and motions, "it was impossible to provide and attach the relevant parts of the evidence that has now been offered in light of insurmountable difficulties given that the represented community is a great distance away, approval of the assembly of the community under the specific terms of their organization which requires collective knowledge and decision