5 13. The Commission appointed Robert K. Goldman and Carlos Ayala Corao as Delegates, and Verónica Gómez and David Padilla as advisors. Also, the Commission attested the appointment of Luz Marina Monzón, Gustavo Gallón and Carlos Rodríguez as assistants and petitioners, and Pablo Saavedra and Viviana Krsticevic as assistants. 14. On July 15, 1998, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”), following the preliminary examination of the application by the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”), notified the State of the application and its annexes, and informed it of the periods for replying to the application, filing preliminary objections and appointing those who would represent it during the proceeding. 15. On August 14, 1998, Colombia appointed Marcela Briceño-Donn as agent and Héctor A. Sintura Varela as deputy agent. 16. On September 14, 1998, Colombia filed the following preliminary objections; First: Violation of due process for serious omission of information. Second: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is not competent to apply international humanitarian law and other international treaties. Third: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is not competent to apply international humanitarian law and other international treaties. Fourth: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is not competent to hear a matter when domestic remedies have not been exhausted. Fifth: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is not competent to act as a trial court for individual facts. 17. On September 21, 1998, the Secretariat notified the brief filing objections to the Inter-American Commission, and the Commission replied to this on November 5, 1998. 18. On December 10, 1998, the President invited Colombia to appoint a Judge ad hoc, since Judge Carlos Vicente de Roux Rengifo, a Colombian national, had excused himself from hearing the instant case, pursuant to Articles 19 of the Statute of the Court and 19 of its Rules of Procedure. 19. On December 15, 1998, Colombia submitted its reply to the application.