4 victims and the alleged practice of "expulsions" and its consequences, in order to illustrate the context within which this petition has been filed[;] 2. [t]hat the object of Father Pedro Ruquoy's and Ms. Solange Pie[rre]'s statements has no bearing on technical or specialized issues, concerning which this Court would require expert testimony[;] 3. [t]hat Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court provides, however, that the Court shall be able to "[s]ecure ex officio any evidence it deems useful. In particular, it shall be able to hear as witness, expert, or other title, any person whose testimony, statement, or opinion it deems relevant"[;] 4. [t]hat according to allegations by the State and the Commission, both Father Pedro Ruquoy and Ms. Solange Pie[rre] have worked with the alleged victims and directly perceived their living circumstances and conditions, by reason of which this Court orders the appearance of both to hear their statements as witnesses[;and] 5. [t]hat the fact a person has a direct interest in the process outcome o has been involved as petitioner in the proceedings before the Commission is not ground for preventing this person from making statements before this Court, which in its practice has even admitted testimonies of victims and their relatives (IACHR, Loayza Tamayo Case, Judgment of September 17, 1997. Series C No. 33; IACHR, Castillo Páez Case. Judgment of November 3, 1997. Series C No. 34; IACHR, Suárez Rosero Case. Judgment of November 12, 1997. Series C No. 35; IACHR, Blake Case. Judgment of January 24, 1998. Series C No. 36; IACHR, Paniagua Morales et al. Case. Judgment of March 8, 1998. Series C No. 37; IACHR, Villagran Morales et al. Case. Judgment of November 19, 1999. Series C No. 63)4[;] and decided to 1. [s]ubpoena Father Pedro Ruquoy to appear, at 10:00 A.M. on August 8, 2000, before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to make a testimonial statement on the alleged practice of "expulsions and deportations" of Haitian and Haitian-origin Dominican persons in [the] Dominican Republic[;] 2. [s]ubpoena Ms. Solange Pie[rre] to appear, at 10:00 A.M. on August the 8, 2000, before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to make a testimonial statement on the alleged practice of "expulsions and deportations" of Haitian and Haitian-origin Dominican persons in [the] Dominican Republic[;] 3. [r]equest the State of [the] Dominican Republic to facilitate exit from and entry to its territory to Father Pedro Ruquoy and Ms. Solange Pie[rre], subpoenaed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to make testimonial statements concerning this petition for provisional measures[; and] 4. [e]stablish that this subpoena is governed by Article 45 of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, according to which the party proposing evidence should defray the expenses entailed by it. 10. The public hearing on the current petition held at the Inter-American Court on August 8, 2000, attended by for the Dominican Republic: Servio Tulio Castaños, agent; Danilo Díaz, alternate agent; Flavio Darío Espinal, assistant; Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, assistant; 4 This Court has followed the same practice at the reparations stage (IACHR, Loayza Tamayo Case. Reparations (Art. 63.1 American Convention on Human Rights). Judgment of November 27, 1998. Series C No. 42; IACHR, Suárez Rosero Case. Reparations (Art. 63.1 American Convention on Human Rights). Judgment of January 20, 1999. Series C No. 44).