2 adoption of the provisional measures requested by the Commission could have when deciding the merits of the case. 5. That, as a result of the elements indicated in considering paragraph 4, the President deems that it is necessary to hear the arguments of the State and the Commission on this matter at a public audience. 6. That, in view of the foregoing, it is also necessary, as an urgent measure, to request the State to abstain from executing any action that would alter the status quo of the matter until this public audience has been held and the Court is able to deliberate and decide on the admissibility of the provisional measures requested by the Commission. THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of the authority conferred on him by Article 63.2 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25.2 of the Statute of the Court, and Articles 4, 25 and 29.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, and having consulted all the judges of the Court, DECIDES: 1. To grant the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the State of Costa Rica until May 12, 2001, to submit the information referred to in considering paragraph 4 of this order. 2. To convene the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the State of Costa Rica to a public hearing to be held at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on May 22, 2001, at 10 a.m., so that the Court may hear their points of view on the facts and circumstances that motivated the request for provisional measures. 3. To request the State, as an urgent measure, to abstain from executing any action that would alter the status quo of the matter until this public hearing has been held and the Court is able to deliberate and decide on the admissibility of the provisional measures requested by the Commission. Drawn up in Spanish in Washington, D.C., on April 6, 2001. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President