1) Juan Mendez, who shall render an expert opinion about: the issue of genocide
from the point of view of the international law, as well as the correct behavior
of the judiciary before such a problem.
2) Fredy Armando Peccerelli Monterroso, who shall render a statement about:
the international standards in relation to the methodology of the exhumations
of clandestine graves; the obstacles to perform the exhumations in Guatemala
and the measures that, in relation to the exhumations, must be adopted to
shed light on the facts.
Expert witness proposed by the representatives
1) Alfredo Itzep Manuel, who shall render an expert opinion regarding: the form
of organization of the community of Rio Negro as an Achi Maya community, in
relation to its ancestral culture and its ethnic identity; the alleged social and
cultural effects that had affected the survival of the culture and the maya
spirituality as alleged consequences of the forced displacement and the alleged
submission to poor living conditions in the settlement of Pacux.
2.
To require the State and the representatives to forward, if deem pertinent and
within the non-renewable term expiring on June 8, 2012, the questions they deem
pertinent to ask through the Inter-American Court to the alleged victims, witness and
expert witnesses indicated in operative paragraph one of this Order. The statements
required in operative paragraph one must be presented to the Tribunal by June 19,
2012, at the latest.
3.
To require the Inter-American Commission, the representatives and the State to
coordinate and take the necessary actions for the declarants so proposed to include,
once the questions from the representatives and the State have been received, the
respective answers in their statements rendered through affidavits, according to
Considering clause 22 of this Order.
4.
To require the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court, once the statements
required in operative paragraph one have been received, to transmit them to the
Inter-American Commission, the representatives and the State. If the representatives
and the State deem it necessary, they may present their observations to said
statements together with their final written arguments, at the latest.
5.
To convene the Republic of Guatemala, the representatives of the alleged
victims and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to a public hearing to be
held in San José, Costa Rica, during the 95° Regular Period of Sessions, on June 19,
2012, as from 3 p.m., and on June 20, 2012, as from 9 a.m., to receive the final oral
arguments and the final oral observations, respectively, regarding the preliminary
objection, merits and possible reparations and legal costs, as well as to receive the
statements of the following people:
Alleged victims proposed by the representatives
1)
Jesús Tecú Osorio, who shall render a statement about: The facts that occurred
in the alleged massacre of March 13, 1982 in the community of Rio Negro,
which allegedly concluded with the massacre in Pacoxom mountain; the alleged
execution of women and children of Rio Negro community he knows for a fact;
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