appropriate to postpone determination of the specific amount, purpose and object of the
financial assistance that will be provided to the alleged victims when this Presidency, or the
Court, rules on the admissibility and relevance of the statements of the alleged victims and of
the testimonial and expert evidence offered and, as appropriate, at the opening of the oral
proceedings, in accordance with Article 50(1) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, in order to be
certain which statements will be received by the Court, and also the way in which they will be
received.
10.
Lastly, the President recalls that, pursuant to Article 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the
Fund, the State will be informed in a timely manner of the expenditures made from the
Victim’s Legal Assistance Fund so that the State may submit observations thereto by the
established deadline.
THEREFORE:
THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
in exercise of his authority in relation to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the Court and in
accordance with Article 31 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure and Article 3 of the Rules of
Procedure of the Legal Assistance Fund,
DECIDES TO:
1.
Declare admissible the request submitted by the alleged victims, through their
representatives, to use the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights, so that the necessary financial assistance will be granted for the possible
attendance at the hearing, charged to the Fund, of a maximum of two representatives and for
the presentation of a maximum of three statements and one expert opinion, be it at the
hearing or by way of affidavit, and that the specific amount, purpose and object of this
assistance will be defined when deciding on the presentation of testimonial and expert
evidence, and on the opening of the oral proceedings, in accordance with Article 50 of the
Court’s Rules of Procedure, as established in Considering paragraph 9 of this Order.
2.
Require the Secretariat of the Court to provide notification of this order to the
representatives of the alleged victims, the State of Honduras, and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights.
Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto
President
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri
Secretary
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