17. Final written arguments and observations. On November 9, 2013, the representatives forwarded their final written arguments (hereinafter also “final arguments”) together with various annexes, and the Commission submitted its final written observations. The State presented its final written arguments, together with several annexes, on November 10, 2013, through Dropbox. 18 18. Observations on the documents annexed to the final written arguments. The briefs with final arguments and observations were forwarded to the parties and to the InterAmerican Commission on December 17, 2013, and the President granted the parties and the Commission until January 6, 2014, to present any observations they deemed pertinent on the information and annexes forwarded by the representatives and the State, as applicable. On January 6, 2014, the representatives presented their observations and, after the extension requested by the State had been granted, the latter presented its observations on January 17, 2014. The Inter-American Commission did not present observations. 19. Helpful evidence. On February 6, 2014, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter also “the Secretariat”), on the instructions of the President, asked the State, under Article 58(b) of the Rules of Procedure, to provide information concerning Willian Medina Ferreras. The State presented the information on March 3 19 and 16, 2014. On April 10 and 14, 2014, respectively, the representatives and the Commission presented their observations. On April 15, 2014, the Secretariat forwarded the documentation to the parties and to the Commission and advised the representatives that their “petitions, together with the admissibility and pertinence of the documentation submitted w[ould] be determined at the appropriate time.” In addition, the Commission was informed that the admissibility of the observations would be determined opportunely (infra para. 144). 20. In its communications of March 3 and 16, 2014, the State informed the Court that it had instituted certain proceedings in the domestic jurisdiction concerning the situation of Willian Medina and his children, Awilda Medina, Luis Ney Medina (hereinafter also “Luis Ney”) and Carolina Isabel Medina (hereinafter also “Carolina Isabel”), who is deceased. On May 7, 2014, the Secretariat, on the instructions of the President and under Article 58(b) of the Rules of Procedure, asked the State to provide helpful evidence by forwarding, by May 22, 2014, at the latest, a full and true copy of all the administrative and judicial procedures and proceedings, including those in the criminal jurisdiction, concerning Willian Medina Ferreras, and Awilda, Luis Ney and Carolina Isabel, and the representatives to provide the identify cards of two presumed victims and, as appropriate, the pertinent explanations. The State responded on May 28 and 29, 2014 (infra para. 145). On May 30, 2014, the State was asked to provide clarifications by June 3, 2014, at the very latest; 20 however, the clarifications were not presented within this time frame, but rather on June 13, 2014. As regards this documentation sent on June 13, 2014, the State was informed 18 In their presentations, the representatives and the State responded to the requests made by the Court during the public hearing for helpful information, documentation and explanations (supra para. 12 and infra para. 134). 19 The documentation presented by the State on March 3, 2014, included two documents “apparently of a notarial nature that [were] incomplete”; therefore, the State was asked to forward the Court a complete copy of the documents, or else the pertinent clarifications. After the Secretariat of the Court had reiterated the request to the State on March 14, 2014, the latter responded to the request on March 16, 2014. 20 Specifically: (a) to clarify whether it had sent the complete case file and, if not, to send a complete and updated copy of the file, and (b) to confirm whether other administrative or judicial procedures or proceedings, including of a criminal nature, were open in relation to the identity and voter registration cards and/or birth certificates of the persons identified as Willian Medina Ferreras, Awilda Medina, Luis Ney Medina and Carolina Medina and, as appropriate, to forward the Court a complete and updated copy of the said proceedings. 11