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42.
On July 14, 2006, the State submitted a communication with “comments and
observations” on the amicus curiae brief presented by CEJIL on June 5, 2006 (supra para.
38).
43.
On July 18, 2006, the alleged victims’ representative responded to the request for
helpful evidence in the Secretariat’s note of July 5, 2006 (supra para. 39).
44.
On July 25, 2006, the Secretariat informed the parties that, on the instructions of
the President, they were granted seven days to forward any observations they deemed
pertinent on the helpful evidence presented on July 11 and 18, 2006 (supra paras. 41
and 43).
45.
On July 28, 2006, Chile presented its observations on the helpful evidence
submitted by the Inter-American Commission and the alleged victims’ representative in
briefs of July 11 and 18, 2006, respectively (supra paras. 39, 41, 43 and 44).
46.
On July 31, 2006, the Commission submitted a brief indicating that “it had no
observations to make” on the helpful evidence presented by the alleged victims’
representative (supra para. 43).
47.
On August 7, 2006, the alleged victims’ representative forwarded the electronic
version of the “[nineteenth] report of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the
Protection of Human Rights, corresponding to the second quarter of 2006” and requested
“its incorporation as part of the evidence provided in the instant case.”
V
EVIDENCE
A)
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
48.
The documentary evidence submitted by the parties included the written
testimonial statements and expert opinions requested by Court in its order of February 7,
2006 (supra para. 23). These statements and opinions are summarized below:
TESTIMONIES
a)
Proposed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
1.
Luis Sebastián Cox Urrejola, alleged victim
He is a lawyer and representative of the non-governmental organization “FORJA”, whose
purpose is to improve the capacity of individuals and groups to exercise their rights.