2 In accordance with the abovementioned article, the Court is competent to interpret its decisions, and to examine the request for interpretation it will meet, if possible, with the same composition it had when it delivered the respective judgment (article 58(3) of the Rules of Procedure). On this occasion, the Court is composed of the same judges who delivered the judgment on reparations, whose interpretation has been requested by Mr. Cesti Hurtado. II INTRODUCTION OF THE REQUEST FOR INTERPRETATION 2. On September 4, 2001, pursuant to article 67 of the American Convention and in accordance with article 58 of the Rules of Procedure, Mr. Cesti Hurtado filed a request for interpretation of the judgment on reparations. III PROCEEDING WITH THE COURT 3. This case was filed before the Court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) on January 9, 1998. Subsequently, the Court delivered judgments on preliminary objections, merits, interpretation of the decision on the merits, and reparations, respectively on January 26, 1999, September 29, 1999, January 29, 2000, and May 31, 20012. 4. In a note of September 5, 2001, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) forwarded copies of the request for interpretation to the Peruvian State and to the Inter-American Commission, and pursuant to article 58(2) of the Rules of Procedure, invited them to submit, no later than October 5 of that same year, whatever comments they deemed relevant. 5. On October 4, 2001 the Commission requested an extension of the deadline to submit its comments on the request for interpretation made by Mr. Cesti, until the 23 of that same month and year. Said extension was granted that same day, under instructions by the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”). 6. On October 5, 2001 the Peruvian State submitted its written comments on the request for interpretation, which were complemented in a brief on October 9. 7. On October 23, 2001 the Commission submitted its comments on the request for interpretation in English, and on the 30th of that same month and year it submitted the translation of that brief into Spanish. 8. On November 27, 2001 Mr. Cesti Hurtado filed a brief before the Court in which he requested a hearing on the interpretation of the judgment on reparations, for the Court to hear the pleadings of his attorneys before reaching a decision on the request. 2 Cesti Hurtado Case. Preliminary Objections. Judgment of January 26, 1999. C Series No. 49; Cesti Hurtado case. Judgment of September 29, 1999. C Series No. 56; Cesti Hurtado case. Interpretation of the Decision on the Merits. (Art. 67 American Convention on Human Rights). Judgment of January 29, 2000. C Series No. 65 and Cesti Hurtado case. Reparations, supra note 1.