submitted at the proper procedural opportunity.15 Likewise, it accepts as documentary evidence the expert opinion given through an affidavit by Andrés González Serrano in the Case of Guachalá Chimbó et al. v. Ecuador, incorporated into the body of evidence of the instant case, at the request of the State,16 and the documents provided by it in response to the Court's request for helpful evidence.17 Cf. Case of the Barrios Family v. Venezuela. Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of November 24, 2011. Series C No. 237, paras. 17 and 18, and Case of Olivera Fuentes v. Peru. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of February 4, 2023. Series C No. 484, para. 39. 16 Cf. Case of Núñez Naranjo v. Ecuador. Call to hearing. Order from the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 1, 2022, resolution point 9. 17 Following instructions from the President of the I/A Court H.R. and based on Article 58(b) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, the State was asked to submit the following documents to this Court as helpful evidence: “1) Domestic law regarding the creation, duties, and organization of the Peasant Defense Boards. Without prejudice to the general or specific rules of some Boards that may be provided by the State, please submit Executive Decree 1963 of 1966 or the equivalent rule on which the statement made by the State in its 2015 Report to the Human Rights Committee is based (attached as Annex 20 of the State's final written arguments), according to which, the Boards are 'an informal justice system,' 'created to prevent livestock and crop theft.' In the event that this regulation has been subject to modifications, the State is requested to provide the respective rules in full, including those in force in 2001. 2) Annex 6 of the Report submitted by the State to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on August 6, 2015, in compliance with the provisions of Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (attached as Annex 20 to the State's final written arguments). According to the report, Appendix 6 contains information on the judicial processes initiated against members of the Peasant Defense Boards." In response to such request, the State sent numerous annexes, of which only Annex 7 to the respective communication is admitted: "Table erroneously referred to as Table I Lynchings (Annex 6-Ministry of Justice and Human Rights) submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on August 6, 2015, in compliance with the provisions of Article 40 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights"(Specifically requested by the I/A Court H.R.) (case file on the merits, pages 590 and 591). 15 -12-