Merits and to order the State to carry out the measures of reparation included in that report. II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 5. Notification to the State and to the representative of the alleged victims. The representative of the alleged victim2 (hereinafter “the representative”) and the State were notified of the submission of the case on May 10, 2021. 6. Brief with pleadings, motions and evidence. On June 22, 2021, the representative presented the brief with pleadings, motions, and evidence (hereinafter “pleadings and motions brief”) pursuant to articles 25 and 40 of the Rules of Procedure. The representative substantially agreed with the Commission's arguments and made additional arguments on the merits. He also asked that Costa Rica be ordered to adopt several measures of reparation complementary to ones requested by the Commission. 7. Answering brief. On October 13, 2021, in a letter from the Office of the Registrar, the State was informed that the deadline for submitting the answering brief had passed without it being received. It was therefore informed that the processing of the case would continue without the answering brief. On October 15, 2021, the State reported that the answering brief had not been submitted due to human error and reiterated its interest in continuing to process the case.3 8. Public hearing. On February 17, 2022, the President of the Court issued an order calling the parties and the Commission to a public hearing on eventual merits, reparations, and costs, and to hear the oral pleadings and final observations of the parties and of the Commission, respectively.4 Due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and in accordance with the provisions of the Court's Rules of Procedure, the public hearing was held via videoconference on March 24, 2022, during the 147th regular sessions of the Court.5 9. Amicus curiae. The Tribunal received an amicus curiae brief from the International Human Rights Practicum of the Boston College of Law.6 2 Jorge Emilio Regidor Umaña represented the victim. The State appointed Natalia Córdoba Ubate, legal director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Fernando Castillo Padilla, lawyer of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, as agents in the case. 3 Cf. Case of Guevara Díaz v. Costa Rica. Call to hearing. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of February 17, 2022. Available at: https://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/asuntos/guevara_diaz_17_02_22.pdf. 4 This hearing was attended by: (a) on behalf of the Inter-American Commission: Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana, Marisol Blanchard, Jorge Meza Flores, and Christian González; (b) on behalf of the representatives: Jorge Emilio Regidor Umaña and Luis Fernando Guevara Díaz, (c) on behalf of the State: Natalia Córdoba Ulate, Fernando Castro Padilla, José Carlos Jiménez Alpízar, Rodolfo Lizano Ramírez, Alberto David Guzmán Pérez, and Maripaz de la Torre Herrera. 5 The brief, signed by Daniela Urosa, Estelle Davrieux, Nathaniel Jaffe, Andrian Lee, Jane Yu, and Raad Alsowaying, offers considerations regarding the scope of the right to work and the right to equality and nondiscrimination with regard to intellectual disability, as well as the positive obligations that the state has to protect those rights. 6 4