President considers it appropriate to defer a decision on the specific amount, recipients and
purpose of the financial assistance to be provided to the alleged victims, until such time as
the Presidency, or the Court, rules on the validity and relevance of the evidence offered by
experts and witnesses and on the opening of the oral proceedings, pursuant to Article 50.1
of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, in order to have certainty regarding which of the
testimonies shall be admitted by the Court, and the means by which these shall be
obtained. (supra Considering paragraph 13).
THEREFORE:
THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
in the exercise of his authority in relation to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of this Court,
and in accordance with Article 31 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure and Article 3 of the Rules
of the Assistance Fund,
DECIDES:
1.
To declare admissible the request submitted by the alleged victims, through their
representatives, to have recourse to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights, and to grant the financial assistance necessary for the
presentation of a maximum of three testimonies, either by affidavit or at a public hearing,
and for the appearance of one of the representatives in a future public hearing held in this
case. The specific recipients and purpose of this assistance shall be determined when a
decision is made on the production of the testimonial and expert evidence, and the opening
of the oral proceedings, under the terms of Article 50 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, and
in accordance with preambular paragraph 14 of this Resolution.
2.
To order the Secretariat of the Court to notify the representatives of the alleged
victims, the State of El Salvador and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of
this decision.
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