6 30. On November 9, 1999, the Court issued an order in which it decided to reject the brief answering the application as it had been presented by the State after the statutory time limit had expired and, based on the provisions of Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure, to convene José Luis Cea Egaña and Francisco Cumplido to appear before the Court to give expert reports. 31. On November 15, 1999, Hermes Navarro del Valle submitted a brief to the Court, in the capacity of amicus curiae. 32. On November 11, 1999, the Commission advised that Alex Muñoz Wilson and Jorge Ovalle Quiroz, respectively witness and expert witness offered by the Commission, could not be present at the public hearing on merits convened by the Court. 33. On November 18, 1999, the Court received the statements of the witnesses and also the reports of the expert witnesses proposed by the Inter-American Commission and the expert witnesses convened by the Court itself, in accordance with Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure, in the public audience on merits. It also heard the final oral arguments of the Commission and the State. There appeared before the Court: For the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights: Carlos Ayala Corao, delegate Manuel Velasco Clark, advisor Verónica Gómez, advisor Juan Pablo Olmedo Bustos, assistant Javier Ovalle Andrade, assistant Viviana Krsticevic, assistant, and Carmen Herrera, assistant For the State of Chile: Ambassador Edmundo Vargas Carreño, agent; and Alejandro Salinas, advisor As witnesses proposed by the Inter-American Commission: Ciro Colombara López, and Matías Insunza Tagle. As expert witnesses proposed by the Inter-American Commission: José Zalaquett Daher Humberto Nogueira Alcalá, and Juan Agustín Figueroa Yávar.