-4Silvia Serrano Guzmán, attorney at the Executive Secretariat of the IACHR, as legal advisors. 3. The Commission's requests. – Based on the foregoing, the Inter-American Commission asked this Court to conclude and declare the international responsibility of the State of El Salvador for the violations contained in its Merits Report, and order the State to comply with the reparation measures provided in the recommendations included in said report (supra para 2). II PROCEDURE BEFORE THE COURT 4. Notification to the State and to the representatives. - Submission of the case was notified to the representatives of the alleged victim and the State of El Salvador through communication dated November 6 and 8, 2017, respectively. 5. Brief with pleadings, motions, and evidence. - On December 20, 2017, the Human Rights Institute of José Simeón Cañas Central American University (hereinafter “the representatives”) presented their brief with pleadings, motions, and evidence (hereinafter “pleadings, motions, and evidence”), in accordance with Articles 25 and 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. The representatives substantially coincided with the object of the controversy presented by the Commission, as well as with the factual framework and the legal considerations. In addition, they alleged violation of the right to the presumption of innocence. 6. Answering Brief. - On March 23, 2018, the State submitted its answering brief to the court in response to the submission of the case by the Commission, as well as its observations on the pleadings and motions brief (hereinafter “answering brief”).4 In said letter, the State opposed the alleged violations, indicating that the facts presented "have been known and decided by the Constitutional Division of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador." 7. Supervening evidence. – On May 22, 2018, the representatives submitted documents alleging that they gained access to them “after the submission of the of the brief with pleadings, motion, and evidence.” On January 22, 2019, the State presented additional information provided by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to complement the documentation submitted by the representatives on May 22, 2018. 8. Public Hearing. – On August 21, 2018, the President issued an Order by which he summoned the parties and the Commission to hold a public hearing on the merits, and possible reparations and costs, to hear the final oral arguments of the parties, and the final oral observations of the Commission regarding these matters5. Likewise, through said Resolution, the alleged victim and an expert witness proposed by the Commission were summoned to testify at the public hearing, however, the Commission subsequently withdrew said expert opinion. The public hearing was held on September 27, 2018, during the 127 Regular Period of Sessions, which took place at its headquarters.6 During the hearing, the Judges of the Court requested certain information and explanations from the parties and the Commission. The State appointed Tania Camila Rosa, General Director of Human Rights of this Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Sebastián Vaquerano, Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador in Costa Rica, as agents. 5 Cf. Case of Colindres Schonenberg v. El Salvador Call to a Hearing. Order by the Court President of August 21, 2018. Available at: http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/asuntos/colindres_21_08_18.pdf 6 The following parties appeared at the hearing: a) for the Commission: Margarette May Macaulay, President of the IACHR, and Christian Gonzalez Chacón, IACHR Advisor; b) for the representatives of the alleged victim: Kathia Gabriela López Hernández, and Arnau Baulenas Bardia, both from the Human Rights Institute of José Simeón Cañas Central American University, and c) for the State of El Salvador: Sebastián Vaquerano López, Ambassador of El Salvador in Costa Rica, and Tania Camila Rosa, General Director of Human Rights of the Salvadoran Foreign Ministry 4