ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECEMBER 20, 2012 CASE OF LUNA LOPEZ v. HONDURAS HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief submitting the case presented by the Inter-American Commission on Human rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) on November 10, 2011, in which it offered two expert opinions. 2. The brief of pleadings, motions and evidence (hereinafter “brief of pleadings and motions”) submitted by the representatives of the alleged victims (hereinafter “the representatives”) on April 21, 2012, in which they offered seven statements of alleged victims, one testimonial statement and three expert opinions. The representatives also asked the Court to include the expert opinion rendered by the lawyer Clarisa Vega at the public hearing in the case of Jeannette Kawas Fernández v. Honduras concerning the context of risk, violence and impunity that affects environmentalists in Honduras. 3. The answer brief to the briefs submitting the case and containing pleadings and motions (hereinafter “answer brief”) submitted by the State of Honduras (hereinafter “the State”) on August 3, 2012, in which it offered two testimonies. 4. The notes of the Secretariat of November 14, 2012, in which, pursuant to Article 46(1) of the Rules of the Court, the State, the representatives and the InterAmerican Commission were asked to forward their respective definitive lists of deponents (hereinafter “definitive lists”) and, for reasons of procedural economy, to indicate which deponents could render their statements by affidavit and which should be summoned to testify at a public hearing. 5. The briefs of November 28 and 30, 2012, in which the Inter-American Commission, the State and the representatives submitted their respective definitive lists. The Commission confirmed the expert evidence offered previously and requested that the two expert witnesses be summoned to testify at a public hearing. The representatives indicated that six statements and one expert opinion could be rendered by affidavit, and that two deponents and two expert witnesses should be summoned to testify at a public hearing. The State confirmed the two statements previously offered and requested that the two deponents be summoned to testify at a public hearing. 6. The notes of the Secretariat of December 5, 2012, in which the definitive lists were transmitted to the parties and they were granted a period until December 12, 2012 to submit any observations deemed pertinent to the respective lists. 7. The briefs of December 12, 2012, in which the Commission presented its observations to the lists of deponents of the parties and the representatives indicated

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