10 53. On April 22, 2004, while presenting its final oral arguments in the public hearing on merits and possible reparations and costs, the Commission submitted documentation related to the case. 54. During the public hearing on merits and possible reparations and costs, the State undertook to forward to the Court a copy of all the files of the proceedings processed before the Cúcuta and San Gil courts, and indicated that it should not be understood “that the Colombian State had any intention of hiding documents or failing to provide them,” but that the problem arose from “the difficulty for the State to photocopy nearly 60,000 folios” (supra paras. 19, 21, 45, 46, 48, 49 and 51). 55. On April 24, 2004, the Court issued an Order, in which it requested the State to submit to the Court several certifications concerning the proceedings and investigations conducted in the domestic sphere in the ordinary criminal jurisdiction, in the military criminal jurisdiction, in the administrative jurisdiction and by disciplinary action, in relation to the facts of the instant case, as helpful evidence on merits. The Court also reiterated to the State that, as had been requested during the public hearing on merits and possible reparations and costs, it should submit the domestic legislation cited by the parties to the Court. Lastly, the Court reiterated to the State that, in accordance with the request made to it, on the instructions of the President, in a note from the Secretariat of April 14, 2004 (supra para. 50), it should submit to the Court all the documents that had been requested as helpful evidence on possible reparations and costs. The Court requested Colombia to present all the said helpful documentary evidence by May 7, 2004, at the latest. 56. On May 23, 2004, the Commission presented its final written arguments. On June 1, 2004, the Commission presented the attachments to this brief. 57. On May 24 and 26, 2004, the State forwarded a copy of the files of the criminal proceedings processed in the ordinary criminal jurisdiction and in the military criminal jurisdiction that were pending submission, in accordance with the request made, on the instructions of the President, in relation to the documentation described in paragraph 68 of the application (supra paras. 19, 21, 45, 46, 48, 49 and 51). 58. On May 24 and 26, 2004, the State forwarded part of the helpful documentary evidence on possible reparations and costs, which had been requested in a note of the Secretariat of April 14, 2004, on the instructions of the President and pursuant to Article 44(2) of the Rules of Procedure (supra paras. 50 and 55). The Secretariat requested Colombia to forward the pending documents and information as soon as possible. 59. On May 25, 2004, Colombia forwarded its final written arguments with an attachment. 60. On May 24 and 26, 2004, the State forwarded the documentary evidence on merits requested in the Order of the Court of April 24, 2004 (supra para. 55). However, the State did not forward all the information requested regarding the certifications of the domestic proceedings, so the Secretariat asked it to forward the remaining information as soon as possible. 61. On June 25, 2004, on the instructions of the President, the Secretariat requested the State to present as helpful evidence, by July 2, 2004, at the latest, the