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received, the corresponding answers in his statement rendered through affidavit, in
accordance with to Considering clauses 15 and 16 of this Order.
4.
To require the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court, once the statements
required in operative paragraph one have been received, to transmit them to the
Inter-American Commission and the representative. If the representative deems it
necessary, he may submit observations to those statements together with his final
written arguments, at the latest.
5.
To convene the Republic of Suriname, the representative of the alleged victim,
and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to a public hearing to be held in
San José, Costa Rica, during its 98th Regular Period of Sessions, on February 6, 2013,
at 15:00, for the purpose of receiving final oral arguments and final oral observations,
respectively, regarding the preliminary objection, and possible merits, reparations, and
legal costs, as well as the statements of the following persons:
A) Alleged Victim summoned by the President and brought by the
Representative
1) Liakat Ali Alibux, alleged victim, who will testify on the proceeding that led
to his criminal conviction and the consequences thereof.
B) Expert Witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission
1) Héctor Olásolo, University Professor, who will testify on the scope of the
principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law under international human
rights law, and the backdrop of norms, including procedural rules, that could
substantially affect the exercise of punitive power by the State; he will also
analyze how this issue has been handled in other human rights protection
systems, and testify as to the application of the predictability test in criminal
prosecution.
6.
To order the Republic of Suriname to facilitate the exit from and entrance into
its territory of the declarant who has been summoned in this Order to render a
statement at the public hearing in this case, if he resides therein, pursuant to Article
26(1) of the Court's Rules of Procedure.
7.
To require the Inter-American Commission, the State, and the representative
to serve notice of this Order upon the declarants they proposed who have been
summoned to render a statement, in accordance with Articles 50(2) and 50(4) of the
Rules of Procedure.
8.
To inform the Inter-American Commission, the State, and the representative
that they must cover the costs generated by the production of the items of evidence
they have offered, in accordance with Article 60 of the Rules of Procedure.
9.
To require the Inter-American Commission, the State, and the representative
to inform the persons summoned by the Court to render a statement that, in
accordance with Article 54 of the Rules of Procedure, the Tribunal shall bring to the
State’s attention the cases in which the persons summoned to appear or declare before
the Court fails to appear or refuses to render a statement without legitimate cause, or
the cases in which, in the opinion of the Court, he or she has violated his or her oath