5 been forwarded by the State and which had not been remitted, according to the list of documents included in paragraph 68 of the application. 22. On May 28, 2002, the State submitted documents corresponding to the documentary evidence requested on the instructions of the President, and described in paragraph 68 of the application (supra para. 19). 23. On June 12, 2002, the Court delivered judgment on the preliminary objection filed by Colombia, in which it decided unanimously, in the single operative paragraph, “to dismiss the preliminary objection raised by the State of Colombia and to continue hearing the […] case.” 24. On November 29, 2002, on the instructions of the Court and based on Articles 31, 44 and 56 of its Rules of Procedure and on the principle of procedural economy, the Secretariat asked the Inter-American Commission to present its arguments and evidence on possible reparations and costs in this case by January 20, 2003, at the latest, and indicated that the State would subsequently be granted the same time limit to present its comments and evidence on the said matter. Also, since this case was being processed under the Rules of Procedure adopted in the Order of the Court of September 16, 1996, the Court requested the Commission to advise the representatives of the alleged victims and their next of kin that, if they wished to present arguments and evidence on possible reparations and costs, they should do so through the Inter-American Commission. 25. On March 25, 2003, the Commission presented its arguments and evidence on possible reparations and costs, after having requested two extensions, which were granted by the President. The attachments to this brief were received on March 31, 2003. The Commission also requested the Court to accept statements sworn before a public notary or judicial official of twelve next of kin of the alleged victims. 26. On March 26, 2003, on the instructions of the President, the Secretariat advised that Colombia had been granted until May 26, 2003, to submit its comments and evidence on possible reparations and costs. 27. On April 2, 2003, on the instructions of the President, the Secretariat advised that the State had been given until April 9, 2003, to submit its comments on the Commission’s request – in the brief with arguments on possible reparations and costs (supra para. 25) – that the statements sworn before a public notary or judicial official of twelve next of kin of the alleged victims be accepted. 28. On April 21, 2003, the State forwarded a brief presenting its comments on the Commission’s abovementioned request concerning evidence, after having requested an extension of the time limit, which was granted by the President (supra paras. 25 and 27). Colombia indicated that it did not object to the statements sworn before a public notary or a judicial official of twelve next of kin of the alleged victims being received “provided that [it] was ensured the right to an adversary proceeding.” 29. On April 22, 2003, the President of the Court issued an Order in which he decided to admit the sworn written statements of twelve next of kin of the alleged victims as proposed by the Inter-American Commission, and requested that the statements should be made in writing under oath before a public notary or a judicial official. The President requested the Inter-American Commission to coordinate and