-4information on the measures adopted to comply with the recommendations contained in the report. 16. On January 23, 2004, the Commission informed the petitioners that the report had been adopted and asked them to advise their position as regards submitting the case to the Inter-American Court. 17. On March 4, 2004, the petitioners presented a brief in which they requested the Commission to submit the case to the Court if the State failed to comply with the recommendations in its report. 18. On March 12, 2004, the State requested an extension of 10 days to present its comments on the Merits Report. The same day, the Commission informed the State that it would grant a five-day extension for the presentation of those comments. There is nothing in the file of the proceedings before the Commission to show that the comments were presented. 19. On March 22, 2004, the Commission decided to file this case before the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court. IV PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 20. On March 23, 2004, the Commission filed the application before the Court (supra para. 1), attaching documentary evidence and offering testimonial evidence. The Commission appointed Susana Villarán de la Puente and Santiago A. Canton as delegates, and Ariel Dulitzky, Verónica Gómez, Norma Colledani and Lilly Ching as legal advisers. Subsequently, on August 15, 2005, the Commission appointed the same delegates, and Víctor Madrigal Borloz, Juan Pablo Albán, Verónica Gómez and Manuela Cuvi as legal advisers. Finally, on September 15, 2005, the Commission appointed only Susana Villarán de la Puente as delegate, and Lilly Ching as legal adviser, in addition to the legal advisers appointed on August 15, 2005. 21. On June 23, 2004, 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 and informed it of the time limits for answering the application and appointing its representatives for the proceedings. The same day, on the instructions of the President, the Secretariat informed the State of its right to appoint a judge ad hoc to take part in hearing the case. 22. On June 23, 2004, in accordance with the provisions of Article 35(1)(d) and (e) of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat notified the application to the representatives of some of the alleged victims’ next of kin (hereinafter “the representatives”): the Comisión Colombiana de Juristas, the Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos y Desaparecidos (hereinafter “ASFADDES”) and the Center for Justice and International Law (hereinafter “CEJIL”), and informed them of the time limit for submitting their brief with requests, arguments and evidence (hereinafter “requests and arguments brief”).