6 Court’s judges asked the parties and the Commission to provide certain information and explanations. 12. Measures for violation of Article 53 of the Court´s Rules of Procedure. – On February 20, 2019, the representatives requested that Paraguay be ordered to take pertinent measures, because it had violated Article 53 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure by admitting a criminal complaint against Cristina Arrom for her statements at the public hearing of the case before the Court. The Court resolved this request on March 14, 2019, and ordered the State to adopt the necessary measures to cease the criminal proceedings initiated against Cristina Haydée Arrom Suhurt 12. 13. Final written arguments and observations. – On March 6 and 7, 2019, the representatives and the State, respectively, presented their final written arguments as well as certain attachments. The Commission submitted its final written observations on March 8, 2019. 14. Information and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case. – On March 11, 2019, the President of the Court requested that the State present documentation to facilitate adjudication of the case. Paraguay submitted this information on March 18, 2019. 15. Observations to the information and evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case. – On March 18, 2019, the representatives and the State presented their observations on the attachments presented with the final written arguments. On March 21 and April 1, 2019, the representatives and the Commission, respectively, presented their observations on the evidence submitted by the State as evidence to facilitate adjudication. 16. Supervening facts. – On March 15 and 16, 2019, the representatives forwarded information on supervening facts related to the alleged victims’ refugee status in Brazil and the alleged violation of their presumption of innocence. The State submitted observations on this information on March 26, 2019. 17. Disbursements in application of the Legal Assistance Fund. – On April 9, 2019, the report on the disbursements made from the Legal Assistance Fund in this case was transmitted to the State. The State presented its observations on this report within the time limits allotted. 18. Deliberation of the present case. – The Court began deliberating this judgment on May 13, 2019. III JURISDICTION 19. The Court has jurisdiction to hear this case, pursuant to Article 62(3) of the Convention, because Paraguay has been a State Party to the Convention since August 24, 1989, and accepted the contentious jurisdiction of this Court on March 11, 1993. Furthermore, the State deposited the instruments of ratification of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture on September 3, 1990, and of the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons on November 26, 1996. Rodríguez, Rapporteur of the Public Ministry; Antonella Saint Paul, Rapporteur of the Public Ministry; Ramiro Sabino Ocampos, Director of Legal Advice of the Ministry of the Interior; Juan Pablo Feliciangeli, Director of Human Rights, Ministry of the Interior; Gloria Delagracia, Communications, Ministry of the Interior, and Raquel Cáceres, Official Embassy of Paraguay to Costa Rica. 12 Cf. Case of Arrom Suhurt et al. v. Paraguay. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of March 14, 2019. Available at: http://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/asuntos/arrom_14_03_2019.pdf