5 qualified” to give testimony, since “the alleged issue was submitted to the jurisdiction of the Inter-American System [...] when Mr. Salinas-Rivera was already working in the area of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.” 24. On March 17, 2006 the representative of the alleged victims filed a brief containing their comments regarding the statement given by Cristián Correa-Montt (supra para. 21). 25. On March 21, 2006 the State informed that it would withdraw the petition wherein Alejandro Salinas-Rivera was proposed “as expert witness, on the grounds that the reasons asserted by the Inter-American Commission were admissible” (supra para. 23) and proposed Jean Pierre Matus-Acuña to act as expert witness in his place. Furthermore, in its request the State insisted “that Cristián MaturanaMiquel be authorized to give his expert statement by means of an affidavit.” 26. On March 22, 2006 the Commission filed its comments on the statement given by witness Cristián Correa-Montt. On that same day, it filed its comments on the request made by the State so that the expert statement of Jean Pierre MatusAcuña (supra para. 25) be admitted, objecting to it on the grounds that it “was not a substitute statement but an addition.” 27. On March 24, 2006 the President of the Inter-American Court issued an Order, whereby it was decided to accept that expert witness Cristián MaturanaMiquel give his expert statement by means of an affidavit, and that Jean Pierre Matus-Acuña be summoned to give his expert statement at the public hearing convened by the Court (supra para. 20). 28. On March 29, 2006 the above mentioned public hearing was held in Brasilia, Brazil, at which there appeared: a) for the Inter-American Commission: Evelio Fernández-Arévalos and Santiago Canton, Delegates; Víctor H. Madrigal-Borloz and Juan Pablo Albán, Counsels; b) for the Representatives: Mario Eugenio MárquezMaldonado and Ricardo Zúñiga-Lizama, and c) for the State: Amira Esquivel-Utreras, Agent; René Ruidíaz-Pérez, First Secretary of the Embassy of Chile in Brazil; Patricio Aguirre-Vacchieri, Second Secretary of the Department of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile; and Virginia Barahona, legal advisor to the Department of Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. Also present at such hearing were Elvira Gómez-Olivares, witness proposed by the representative, and Jorge Correa-Sutil, witness proposed by the State, and Humberto Raúl Ignacio Nogueira-Alcala and Jean Pierre Matus-Acuña, expert witnesses proposed by the Commission and the State, respectively. Expert witnesses Humberto Raúl Ignacio Nogueira-Alcala and Jean Pierre Matus-Acuña tendered documentation at such public hearing. Furthermore, during the hearing the Court requested the State to forward the documentary evidence. 29. On April 19, 2006 the State forwarded the expert statement given by Cristián Maturana-Miquel. 30. On April 19, 2006 the Asociación Americana de Juristas de Valparaíso /Aconcagua (American Association of Legal Scholars of Valparaíso/Aconcagua) filed a brief as amicus curiae, attaching documentation thereto. 31. On April 28, 2006, the representative of the alleged victims filed their final written arguments, attaching documentary evidence thereto.