3 [p]rotect the above-mentioned individuals and who are in [the] Dominican Republic against any action of detention or deportation prompted by their racial or national origin or by a suspicion of their not being citizens3; [a]llow all the mentioned individuals [supra] to establish contact with their families, particularly their children under age, in order to normalize their upkeep, health, and school situation as soon as possible[;] […] urge the Dominican Government to establish adequate procedures for detaining and determining actions to deport deportable aliens, including the holding of hearings to demonstrate the right that people may have to remain in Dominican territory or, in the absence thereof, to get in touch with their families and employers in order to normalize the collection of wages and the protection of their property and personal belongings. 4. The Decision of the President of the Court on June 16, 2000, by which he summoned the State and the Commission to a public hearing that would be held at the seat of the Inter-American Court on August 8, 2000, starting at 10:00 A.M., with the purpose of having the Court listen to his points of view on the facts and circumstances leading to the petition for provisional measures. 5. The brief of the Commission of July 21, 2000, wherein it accredited the persons who would represent it in the public hearing (supra 4), proposed Ms. Solange Pierre and the R.F. Pedro Ruquoy as "experts" to present reports at said hearing, and asked the consent of the Court to show in said hearing a video with testimonies of the alleged victims. 6. The brief of the Inter-American Commission of July 25, 2000, presenting its position regarding its offer of "experts" and pointing out to the Court the need for having both. 7. The communication of the State of August 1, 2000, by which it accredited the persons who would represent it in the public hearing and took exception to the offer of the Commission of "experts". 8. The brief of the Inter-American Commission of August 4, 2000, wherein it replied to the exception taken by the State and reaffirmed the need for having two "experts" offered by the Commission for the public hearing. 9. The Decision of the Court of August 7, 2000, where it observed 1. [t]hat the Commission has informed this Court that Father Pedro Ruquoy and Ms. Solange Pie[rre] would make statements with regard to the situation of the alleged 3 According to the Commission’s brief, Messrs. Rafaelito Pérez Charles and Antonio Sension are currently in the Dominican Republic at a constant risk of being "deported" or "expelled". Mr. Benito Tide Méndez "has returned or is about to return" to the Dominican Republic, after being "expelled" in late 1999. However, during the public hearing of August 8, 2000, the Commission confirmed that Mr. Benito Tide Méndez is in the Dominican Republic.

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