8 on the facts that are the subject of the application. The Court also heard the final oral arguments of the parties on the merits of the case. There appeared before the Court: For the State of Guatemala: Guillermo Argueta Villagrán, Agent Alejandro Sánchez Garrido, Advisor; and Dennis Alonzo Mazariegos, Advisor. For the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Claudio Grossman, Delegate Denise Gilman, Advisor, and Viviana Krsticevic, Assistant. Witnesses proposed by the Commission: Santiago Cabrera López Jennifer Harbury Julio Arango Escobar James Harrington Francis Farenthall Fernando Moscoso Moller, and Patricia Davis. Expert witness proposed by the Commission: Helen Mack. Although they had been summoned by the Court, the following witnesses did not appear to declare: Acisclo Valladares Molina Federico Reyes López Stefan Schmidt Nery Ángel Urízar García Robert Torricelli Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza Julio Cintrón Gálvez Julio Roberto Alpírez Mario Ernesto Sosa Orellana Julio Alberto Soto Bilbao Rolando Edeberto Barahona Margarito Sarceño Medrano Simeón Cum Chutá Alberto Gómez “Major” Aguirre Gregorio Ávila José Víctor Cordero Cardona, and Ismael Salvatierra Arroyo.