4 1. To extend until August 31, 1998, the period for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit a brief and any evidence it had for determining the reparations in this case. 2. To extend until August 31, 1998, the period for the victims and, when appropriate, their next of kin to submit a brief and any evidence they had for determining the reparations. 3. To grant the State of Guatemala two calendar months to submit a brief and any evidence it had for determining the reparations in this case. This period [would] begin on the day that the State receive[d] the briefs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and of the victims or, when appropriate, the victims’ next of kin. 10. On August 27, 1998, German Giovanni Paniagua Morales submitted a brief in which he referred to the effects that the facts of this case had had on him personally. 11. On August 31, 1998, the Commission submitted its observations on reparations, and also the evidence corresponding to this case. 12. On September 1, 1998, Mark Martel submitted his arguments on reparations and the respective evidence, on behalf of the persons he represented (supra 8). On September 24, 1998, Mr. Martel forwarded some corrections to the said brief. 13. On October 23, 1998, having observed that several of the victims or, when applicable, their next of kin had not appeared directly before the Court in this stage of the proceeding and in order to ensure the effet util of Article 23 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court and the effective protection of the interests of the victims, the President decided: 1. To call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the petitioners, including CEJIL, Human Rights Watch/Americas and Mark Martel, to submit all the information they had to ensure the location of Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, William Otilio González Rivera, Pablo Corado Barrientos, Augusto Angárita Ramírez, Doris Torres Gil, Marco Antonio Montes Letona and Erick Leonardo Chinchilla or, when appropriate, their next of kin. Should they not have recent information, [the] President called on the Commission, CEJIL, Human Rights Watch/Americas and Mr. Martel to do their best to obtain it and submit it to the Secretariat of the Court within a period of 30 days, calculated as of the notification of [the] order. 2. To call on the State to broadcast on one radio station and on one television channel and publish in one newspaper, all with national coverage, [an] announcement [relating to the location of some of the victims or, when appropriate, their next of kin,] within 30 days of notification of [the] order and, in each case, for at least three nonconsecutive days. The recordings or, when applicable, copies of these announcements, together with the precise indication of the media and dates on which they were made, [should] be submitted to the Secretariat of the Court by December 15, 1998, at the latest, to be added to the file. 3. To instruct the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that, as soon as it receive[d] the addresses and information on the location of the victims or their next of kin in this case, it notify them of the judgment on merits and any other information necessary to comply with Articles 23 and 57 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. 14. On November 16, 1998, Guatemala requested an extension of 30 days in order to comply with the orders of the President (supra 13). In this respect, on November 23, 1998, the President granted until January 15, 1999, for the State to submit the required documents and information.