6 response to the provisions of the Resolution issued by the President on March 18, 2005 (supra para. 23). On May 6, 2005, Anne Ellen Stewart-Orlandini sent a copy of the certified affidavits. 33. On April 29, 2005, the Inter-American Commission filed a brief stating that “it had no comments to raise against the expert report[s]” of expert witness María Inés Horvitz and witness Raimundo Jesús Palamara-Stewart (supra paras. 28 and 29). 34. On May 2, 2005, the State sent its comments on the expert opinion rendered through an affidavit by Carlos Peña-González (supra para. 29). 35. On May 4 and 5, 2005, the State submitted its comments “on the expert opinion rendered by María Inés Horvitz” (supra para. 28), and the witness testimony of Anne Ellen Stewart-Orlandini, Raimundo Jesús Palamara-Stewart, Humberto Antonio Palamara-Stewart and Fernando Alejandro Palamara-Stewart (supra paras. 29 and 32). 36. A public hearing was held on May 9, 2005, to discuss the merits, reparations, and costs of the case, and the following persons were present: a) for the InterAmerican Commission: Evelio Fernández-Arévalo, delegate; Eduardo Bertoni, delegate; Víctor H. Madrigal-Borloz and Lilly Ching, legal counsel; b) for the representatives of the alleged victim: Liliana Tojo, Julieta Di Corleto and Francisco Cox-Vial, attorneys for CEJIL; c) for the State of Chile: Amira Esquivel-Utreras, agent; Miguel Ángel González-Morales, deputy agent; and Patricio Aguirre-Vacchieri. Moreover, the alleged victim, Humberto Antonio Palamara-Iribarne, witness proposed by the Commission and the representatives and Cristian Riego-Ramírez, expert witness proposed by the representatives and summoned by the President (supra paras. 23 and 30) appeared in the Court. Furthermore, the Court heard the final arguments of the Commission, the representatives and the State. 37. On June 3, 2005, the representatives filed a brief and an appendix through which they submitted a copy of the affidavit signed by the expert witness Alex Avsolomovich-Callejas and stated that they “regret[ed] the delay, but the affidavit had been sent after the surgery undergone by the expert witness” (supra paras. 23 and 31). 38. On Jun 10, 2005, the Commission filed a brief stating that “it had no comments to make” regarding the affidavit signed by the expert witness Alex AvsolomovichCallejas (supra para. 37). 39. On June 15, 2005, Chile submitted its comments on the affidavit whereby the expert opinion of Alex Avsolomovich-Callejas had been rendered (supra para. 37). 40. On June 23, 2005, the representatives filed their final written arguments on the merits, reparations, and costs. 41. On June 28, 2005, the Inter-American Commission and the State submitted their final written arguments on the merits, reparations, and costs. 42. On August 18, 2005, the State filed a brief informing that “the Chilean legislative branch approved a regulatory amendment that abrogates contempt of authority as a crime” and indicated that “the final text of the bill” would be delivered