established in these Rules of Procedure, in order to use this Fund, a presumed victim must fulfill three requirements: 1) request this in the brief with pleadings, motions and evidence; 2) prove, by means of a sworn affidavit and other appropriate evidence that satisfies the Court, that they lack sufficient financial resources to cover the costs of litigation before the InterAmerican Court, and 3) indicate precisely the aspects of their participation in the proceedings that require the use of the resources of the Assistance Fund. 4. As stipulated in Article 3 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court’s Assistance Fund, on receiving a request to use these resources, the Secretariat of the Court must conduct a preliminary review of the request for assistance and require the requesting party to present any additional background information required for the request to be submitted to the consideration of the President of the Court, who will assess the request and take the pertinent decision within three months of receiving all the required information. 5. The representatives requested assistance from the Fund to “provide [funding] for litigation in this case, given the lack of sufficient financial resources to cover the costs of the litigation,” specifically "those related to airline transport costs, accommodations, and food for the victim’s representatives and the witnesses summoned to appear before the Honorable Court.” In response to the request for additional information, they sent the statement of Mirian Merced Miranda Chamorro, which states that “members of the Punta Piedra community [...] do not have the financial resources to attend the hearing in this case.” 6. First, the President noted that the request to apply the Legal Assistance Fund of the Court was made in the brief of pleadings and motions on behalf of the members of the Garifuna Punta Piedra Community and supported by a statement of a member of the community. The President understands that the request was made on behalf of the alleged victims, and notes the lack of economic resources, to which, for purposes of this case, considered sufficient, as evidence, the statement filed pursuant to Article 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Victim’s Legal Assistance Fund of the Court. In turn, the President noted that the State presented no objection to the request made by the representatives. 7. Moreover, the President recalls that the Assistance Fund of the Court is made up of voluntary donations from cooperating sources, to which these limited resources are insufficient to cover all expenses related to appearance and possible presentation of evidence before the Court by the alleged victims. Given the aforementioned, this Presidency will assess each specific case the request for assistance presented with regard to available funds, taking into account the need for assistance that could arise in other cases before the Court, so as to safeguard the proper administration and fair distribution of these limited resources. 8. The President takes note that, at the current stage of the proceedings, it is not possible to determine which of the testimonies offered by the representatives will be received by the Court, or in what form they will be received. Under Article 50(1) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, this determination corresponds to the Court or to its President, once the parties have forwarded their final lists of the declarants they propose and the right to defense has been ensured, in the terms of Articles 45 to 49 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure. 9. Based on the foregoing considerations, the President finds admissible the presumed victims’ request to use the Court’s Legal Assistance Fund, in the understanding that it will be to cover expenditure relating to the appearance of declarants in a possible public hearing before the Court, as well as the presentation of testimony to the Court. In this regard, based on the resources currently available in the Assistance Fund, the presumed victims will be awarded the necessary financial assistance for the presentation of a maximum of two declarations and one expert opinion, either by affidavit or at the public hearing. In addition, the President finds it 3