7 13. The public hearing was held on November 15 and 16, 2010, during the XLII Extraordinary Sessions of the Court, held in Quito, Ecuador, wherein the President, at the end of the Sessions, set December 10, 2010, as the deadline for submission of the final written arguments. 7 14. On November 10, 2010, the representatives requested that, based on Article 57 of the Rules of Procedure, “documentary evidence dated October 7, 2010,” be incorporated to the case file. Following instructions of the President, the Secretariat informed the Commission and the State that any observations regarding this request needed to be submitted no later than November 19, and none were made. 15. On December 1 and 2, 2010, Messers. Jorge Errandonea and Carlos María Pelayo and Mrs. Carolina Villadiego Burbano, in collaboration with the International Clinic for the Defense of Human Rights of the University of Quebec in Montreal, and the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights [Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de la Mujer] (CLADEM), submitted an amici curiae in relation to the case. 16. On December 10, 2010, the representatives and the State presented their final written arguments and the Commission presented its final written comments. 17. On December 20 and 29, 2010, the representatives and the State submitted documents as annexes to their final written arguments. These were forwarded to the parties. The State presented, on January 20, 2011, its observations on the documentation supporting the costs sent by the representatives. III JURISDICTION 18. Uruguay has been a State Party to the American Convention since April 19, 1985, and recognized the Court’s contentious jurisdiction that same date. The State is also Party to the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture since November 10, 1992; to the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons since April 2, 1996, and to the Inter-American Convention for the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women (“Convention of Belem do Para”), since April 2, 1996. As a consequence the Court has jurisdiction to hear the present case, in the terms of Article 62(3) of the American Convention, and the respective dispositions of the other international treaties whose non-compliance is alleged. IV                                                          7 Initially, the public hearing was set for October 2010, pursuant to the Order of the President, but on October 1, 2010, the Secretariat Reportd the parties that the XLII Extraoardinary Period of Sessions of the Court had been rescheduled, to which the hearing would be held on November 15 and 16 of that same year. Appearing: a) for the Inter-American Commission, Inter-American Commission, Ms. María Silvia Guillén, delegate, Mr. señor Santiago Canton, Executive Secretary, Ms. Silvia Serrano and Ms. Lilly Ching, advisors; b) for the representatives, Ms. Viviana Krsticevic, Ms. Ariela Peralta, Ms. Liliana Tojo, Ms. Alejandra Vicente, and Ms. Martine Lemmens, of CEJIL, and c) for the State, Mr. Carlos Mata Prates, Agente, and Ms. María Amelia Bastos Peirano, legal advisors. For this same reason, the initial period noted for the presentation of written final motions and comments was modified, and, upon a verbal request by the representatives prior to the public hearing, and the non-objection by the State and Commission, the period was set for December 10, 2010.