d) Notification to the State. The Commission notified the State of the Report in a communication dated April 19, 2018, granting it a period of two months to report on compliance with the recommendations. The State submitted a brief in which it rejected the conclusions and recommendations of Merits Report No. 132/17. 3. Submission of the Case to the Court. On April 19, 2018, the Commission submitted all the facts and alleged human rights violations described in the Admissibility and Merits Report to the Court.5 4. Request of the Inter-American Commission. Based on the above, the Commission asked the Court to conclude and declare Guatemala’s international responsibility for the alleged violation of the rights indicated above in the conclusions of the Admissibility and Merits Report. Additionally, the Commission asked the Court to order the State to provide certain reparation measures that will be detailed and analyzed in the corresponding chapter. II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 5. Notification of the case to the State and the representatives. The submission of the case was notified to the representatives of the alleged victims on June 26, 2018, and to the State on June 7, 2018. 6. Brief with pleadings, motions and evidence. On August 27, 2018, the Institute of Comparative Studies in Criminal Sciences and the Institute of Public Criminal Defense (hereinafter also “IDPP”) presented their brief of pleadings, motions and evidence (hereinafter also “pleadings brief”), in accordance with articles 25 and 40 of the Rules of Procedure. The representatives substantially agreed with the Commission's arguments and additionally requested the Court to declare the international responsibility of the State for the violation of the rights enshrined in Articles 7(1) to 7(6), 8(2)(c), 8(2)(d), 8(2)(e), 17, 19, and 25(2) of the American Convention and article 7 of the Inter-American Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Torture (hereinafter also “IACPPT”). Finally, the representatives requested various measures of reparation and reimbursement of costs and expenses. In addition, they applied to the Victims' Legal Assistance Fund. 7. Answering brief. – On December 17, 2018, the State submitted to the Court its brief answering the submission of the case by the Commission and its observations on the pleadings and motions brief6 (hereinafter “answering brief”) and made a partial acknowledgment of its international responsibility “for the lack of investigation of the alleged acts of torture suffered by Tirso Román Valenzuela Ávila in the context of his capture and deprivation of liberty.” In obligations established in articles 1(1) and 2 of the same instrument, to the detriment of Tirso Román Valenzuela Ávila. The Commission also concluded that the State is responsible for the violation of the rights to personal integrity, a fair trial and judicial protection established in Articles 5(1), 8(1) and 25(1), in relation to the obligations established in Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of the relatives of Tirso Román Valenzuela Ávila. Finally, it concluded that Guatemala is responsible for the violation of articles 1, 6, 8 and 10 of the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture. 5 The Commission appointed Mrs. Esmeralda Arosema de Troitiño, First Vice-President, and Mr. Paulo Abrão, Executive Secretary of the Commission, as its delegates for this case, and as advisors, Elizabeth AbiMershed, Deputy Executive Secretary, Silvia Serrano Guzmán, Lawyer, and Mr. Christian González Chacón, lawyer, from the Executive Secretariat of the Commission. 6 In its communication received on April 11, 2018, the State appointed Jorge Luis Borrayo Reyes, President of COPREDEH, and Felipe Sánchez González, Executive Director of COPREDEH, as agents in this case. 5