in accordance with Articles 24(1) and 25(2) of the Statute of the Court, Article 34 of the
Rules of Procedure previously in force, and Articles 4, 15(1), 26(1), 31(2), 35(1), 40(2),
41(1), 45, 46, 48, 50 to 56, 58 and 60 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, as well as with the
Rules for the Operation of the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund,
DECIDES:
1.
To require, for the reasons given in this Order (supra considering paragraphs ¡Error!
No se encuentra el origen de la referencia. to 23), in accordance with the principle of
procedural economy and in exercise of the authority vested in him under Article 50(1) of the
Court’s Rules of Procedure, that the following persons provide their statements by affidavit:
¡Error! No se encuentra el origen de la referencia.
A)
Presumed victim
Proposed by the representatives:
1) Danilo Pedro Furlan, father of Sebastián Claus Furlan, who will testify on the events
following Sebastián’s accident, specifically: (i) “the processing of the damages case
file and other circumstances relating to the treatment received from the State
authorities, from the day of [Sebastián Furlan’s] accident to the present;” (ii) the
alleged “consequences that the delay in the judicial proceedings and the deferment
of the pecuniary compensation ordered had on Sebastián and his family,” and (iii)
“the past and present living conditions of all the members of the Furlan family.”
B)
Witnesses
Proposed by the representatives:
1) María Teresa Grossi, director of the technical high school in which Sebastián Claus
Furlan was studying at the time of his accident, will testify on the alleged “impact
that the accident had on Sebastián as a person, and on his performance, behavior
and social life in school,” and
2) Violeta Florinda Jano, neighbor of the Furlan family at the time of the accident and
during the following years, who will testify on the alleged “impact that the accident
and the prolonged quest to obtain assistance had on Sebastián Furlan and his
family”; specifically, “the changes in the relationship between Sebastián and his
family, their living conditions before and after the accident, and the [presumed]
consequences for the family members of the event and the absence of a State
response to their different requests.”
C)
Expert witnesses
Proposed by the representatives:
1) Estela del Carmen Rodríguez, doctor specializing in child neurology, who will give an
expert opinion “based on the mechanics of the accident, all the medical records,
official expert appraisals and expert reports, and other evidence related to the case”
with regard to: (i) the alleged “consequences of an accident such as the one suffered
by Sebastián Furlan, its relationship to the treatments received, the effect of the
passage of time, and the relationship with rehabilitation alternatives for patients in
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