be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, during the 45° Special Period of Sessions, on April 25, 2012, as from 9 a.m., to receive the final oral arguments and the final oral observations, respectively, regarding the merits and possible reparations and legal costs, as well as to receive the statements of the following people: Alleged victims proposed by the representatives 1) Wendy Santizo Méndez, who shall render a statement about the circumstances of the alleged disappearance of her mother, Luz Haydeé Méndez Calderón and her alleged rape, torture and abduction; the impact on her and her family and her fight against impunity, including her leadership in an organization made up of children of disappeared parents; and 2) Efraín García, who shall render a statement about the way in which the facts occurred before, during and after the alleged disappearance of his daughter, Lesbia Lucrecia García Escobar; the alleged impact on him and his family and his fight against impunity; Witness proposed by the State 1) Manuel Giovanni Vásquez Vicente, who shall render a statement about the proceedings carried out by the State in order to investigate, prosecute and punish the responsible for the forced disappearance of the 26 disappeared persons and the search for their mortal remains, as well as the investigation into the illegal detention and subsequent execution of Rudy Gustavo Figueroa Muñoz and the illegal detention, torture and rape of Wendy Santizo Mendez”. Expert witness proposed by the representatives 1) Katherine Temple Doyle, analyst of the National Security Archives, who shall render an expert opinion on the access to information in Guatemala; the content of official documents kept under the State’s custody, including the Diario Militar, the National Police Historical Archive and the Military Archives and the responsibility for the alleged forced disappearances of persons. 6. To order the Republic of Guatemala to contribute to the exit from and entrance to its territory of declarants, if they reside in it, who have been summoned by this Order to render a statement at the public hearing in this case, pursuant to the terms of Article 26.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. 7. To require Ecuador, according to the terms stipulated in article 26.3 of the Rules of Procedure, to provide its assistance to conduct the public hearing in such country, convened by means of this Order, as well as to contribute to the exit from and entrance to its territory of the persons who were summoned to render a statement before the Inter-American Court at said hearing and the people who shall represent the Inter-American Commission, the State and the alleged victims during such hearing. To such effect, the Secretariat is required to notify this Order to the State of Ecuador. 8. To require the State and the representatives to notify this Order to the declarants they proposed, who have been summoned to render a statement, according to the terms of articles 50.2 and 50.4 of the Rules of Procedure. 9. To inform the Commission, the State and the representatives that they must cover the costs generated by the production of items of evidence offered by them, in accordance with Article 60 of the Rules of Procedure. 12

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