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c.
institute forthwith a full inquiry to determine responsibility for the violations in
this Case;
d.
award Mr. Suárez reparation for the injuries suffered; and
e.
adopt the necessary measures to amend Article 114 (sic) of the Criminal Code so
as to comply with the American Convention and give full effect to the right to personal
liberty.
8.
This report was transmitted to the State on September 25, 1995, with the request
that it inform the Commission of the measures taken, within 60 days of the date of
notification.
9.
On November 30, 1995, at the request of the State, the Commission granted a
special extension of seven days for the submission of documents. Despite that extension,
the Commission received no further communications from the State.
10.
As decided at its 90th Regular Session (supra, para. 7), the Commission submitted
the petition in this Case to the Inter-American Court.
IV
Proceesings before the Court
11.
The application before the Court was introduced on December 22, 1995. The
Commission appointed Leo Valladares-Lanza as its delegate, David J. Padilla, Assistant
Executive Secretary, and Elizabeth Abi-Mershed as its attorneys, and Alejandro PonceVillacís, William C. Harrell, Richard Wilson and Karen Musalo as their assistants. On March
12, 1996, the Inter-American Commission informed the Court that at its 91st Regular
Session it had appointed Mr. Oscar Luján-Fappiano to replace Mr. Valladares-Lanza as its
delegate in this Case.
12.
The application was notified to the State by the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter
"the Secretariat"), together with its attachments, on January 16, 1996, following a
preliminary examination by the President of the Court (hereinafter "the President"). On
January 19, 1996, Ecuador asked the Court for a two-month extension for filing preliminary
objections and answering the application. After consulting the other judges of the Court, on
January 23, 1996, the President granted Ecuador a two-month extension for filing
preliminary objections and a two-month extension for answering the application.
13.
On January 29, 1996, the State informed the Court that
it [was to] be [understood] that it had received official notice of [the] application when it [was]
received at its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Spanish, which is its official language under its
Political Constitution.
On the same day the President informed Ecuador that
the application in this case [was] duly and officially notified to the Republic of Ecuador on January
16, 1996, pursuant to Article 26 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court [and that ...] precisely in
consideration of the fact that Spanish is the official language of Ecuador, this Court granted
... a two-month extension for replying to the petition and a two-month extension for
filing preliminary objections.