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James Louis Cavallaro, Fernando Delgado, Carlos Eduardo Gaio, Daniel Alves Pessoa,
Roberto de Oliveira Monte, Jonathan Kaufman, Luciana Silva García and Deborah Popowski,
and c) for the State: Danielle Aleixo Reis do Valle Souza, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Renata
Lúcia de Toledo Pelizón, Márcia Adorno Ramos, Milton Nunes Toledo Júnior, Francisco
Soares Alvim Neto, Christiano Sávio Barros Figuerôa, Carlos Santa Rosa D‘Álbuquerque
Castim and Romeo Olmar Klich. Both the representatives and the State submitted several
documents at the hearing.
32.
On March 10, 2006, the representatives and the State submitted their final written
arguments. The representatives attached several appendices, which were received in their
entirety on March 17, 2006. On March 11, 2006, the Commission submitted its final written
arguments.
33.
On October 30, 2006, in accordance with Article 45 of the Rules of Procedure and on
the instructions of the President, the Secretariat summoned the Commission, the
representatives and the State to submit certain documents as evidence to facilitate
resolution of the case.
34.
On November 14, 2006, the State and the representatives submitted part of the
requested evidence to facilitate resolution. On November 15, 2006, the Commission
informed the Court that it was unable to submit the documents requested, as it did not have
this information.
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35.
On July 28, 2006, several organizations and individuals filed briefs in character of
amici curiae.1
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PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS
1
To wit: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Front line - The International Foundation for the
Protection of Human Rights Defenders, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Corporación Colectivo de
Abogados “José Alvear Restrepo,” Movimiento Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Asociación Fomento, “Miguel
Agustín Pro Juárez” Human Rights Center, Una Ventana a la Libertad, Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales
(CDES), Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos “Segundo Montes Mozo S.J.” (CSMM), Casa Alianza
Honduras, Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH), Programa Venezolano de Acción-Educación
en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA), Comité Permanente de Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de Orellana, Grupo
Interdisciplinario de Derechos Humanos de Medellín, Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos
Humanos (CMDPDH), Centro de Iniciativas Democráticas (CIDEM), Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL), Asociación Pro
Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos de Perú, Movimento Nacional de Direitos
Humanos (MNDH), Fundação Interamericana de Defesa de Direitos Humanos (FIDDH), Terra de Direitos, Comisión
Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ), Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos del Paraguay (CODEHUPY), Centro de Derechos
Humanos y Ambiente, Abogados y Abogadas del Noroeste Argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales
(ANDHES), Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA),
Human Rights Without Frontiers International (HRWF), University of Virginia School of Law International Human
Rights Law Clinic, Human Rights Network International, Rights International - The Center for International Human
Rights Law, International League for Human Rights, University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, International
Human Rights Clinic of George Washington University, European Roma Rights Centre, Washington College of Law
Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, University of Essex Human Rights Centre, Union Internationale
des Avocats, Benjamín Cuéllar Martínez and Matilde Guadalupe Hernández Espinoza and in their capacity as trial
lawyers, Alejandro Ponce, Carlos Ayala and Pedro Nikken.