4 11. On December 8, 2004, the Commission sent the Admissibility and Merits Report to the State granting the latter two months to provide information on the measures adopted to comply with its recommendations. On the same date, in accordance with Article 43(3) of its Rules of Procedure, the Commission notified the petitioners that it had adopted the report and that it had been forwarded to the State, and inquired about their position with regard to the eventual submission of the case to the Inter-American Court. On February 8, 2005, the State requested an extension to provide information on the measures adopted to comply with the Commission’s recommendations. The extension was granted until February 23, 2005, and Paraguay presented a report on February 24, that year. On March 4, 2005, the State requested a three-month extension of the time limit established in Article 51(1) of the Convention, “accepting expressly and irrevocably that the granting of this extension suspend[ed the said] time limit […] for the submission of the case to the Inter-American Court and manifesting that the State expressly waived filing the objection concerning the suspension of [that] time limit.” This extension was granted by the Commission as of that day and until June 4, 2005, so that “the State [would have] additional time to comply with the recommendations made by the Commission in its Report No. 75/04.” 12. On June 7, 2005, having heard the opinion of the petitioners, the InterAmerican Commission decided to submit this case to the Court’s jurisdiction, “based on the State’s failure to comply with the recommendations” contained in Report No. 75/04. IV PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 13. On June 8, 2005, the Inter-American Commission lodged the application before the Court (supra para. 1), attaching documentary evidence and offering testimonial and expert evidence. The Commission appointed José Zalaquett, Commissioner, and Santiago A. Canton, Executive Secretary, as delegates, and Víctor Madrigal Borloz, Ignacio Álvarez and Manuela Cuvi Rodríguez as legal advisers. 14. On August 22, 2005, after the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) had made a preliminary review of the application, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) notified it, together with the attachments, to the State informing the latter of the time limits for answering the application and appointing its representatives in the proceedings. On the same date, the Secretariat advised the State that, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 18 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure and 10 of its Statute, it had the right to appoint a judge ad hoc to take part in the consideration of the case within 30 days of notification of the application. The State did not make this appointment. 15. On August 22, 2005, also, the Secretariat, in accordance with the provisions of Article 35(1)(d) and (e) of the Rules of Procedure, notified the application to the representatives, Global Rights and CIPAE, and advised them that they had two months to present their brief with requests, arguments and evidence (hereinafter “requests and arguments brief”). The representatives did not submit this brief. 16. On September 21, 2005, the State appointed Oscar Martínez as Agent and Francisco Bareiro as Deputy Agent in the case. On December 6, that year, the State appointed Jorge Bogarin González as Agent, replacing Oscar Martínez.