formalizing and sending the affidavit of one witness, to be determined by the representative, as stipulated in the operational part of this Order. The representative shall inform the Court as to whether she will personally attend the public hearing, or otherwise provide the name of the person who will appear on her behalf, as well as the name of the deponent whose affidavit shall be covered by the Assistance Fund. The representative shall also submit an estimate of the cost of notarizing a sworn statement in the deponent’s country of residence and sending it, within the period established in the operational part of this Order. 54. As to the persons summoned to appear at the public hearing, the Court shall make the pertinent and necessary arrangements to cover their travel, hotel and per diem expenses with resources from the Legal Assistance Fund. 55. As required by Article 4 of the Rules for the Operation of the Assistance Fund of the Court (hereinafter the “Rules of the Assistance Fund”), the Secretariat of the Court shall open a file on the costs of the case, in order to keep accounts and record all expenditures made with resources from the Fund. 56. Finally, the acting President recalls that, pursuant to Article 5 of the Rules of the Assistance Fund, the respondent State shall be informed in due course of the expenditures made from the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund, so that it may submit any observations, if it so wishes, within the period established for that purpose. L. Final oral and written arguments and observations 57. The representative and the State may submit to the Court their final oral arguments regarding the preliminary objection and possible merits, reparations and costs in this case, respectively, once the witnesses, the deponent who shall testify for information purposes and the expert witnesses have rendered their statements. As established in Article 51(8) of the Rules, once the arguments have concluded, the Inter-American Commission shall present its final oral observations 58. According to Article 56 of the Rules, the representative, the State and the Commission may submit their final written arguments and final written observations, respectively, in relation to the preliminary objection and possible merits, reparations and costs, within the term established in Operative para. 13 of this Order. THEREFORE: THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in accordance with Articles 24(1) and 25(2) of the Court’s Statute and Articles 4, 5, 15(1), 26(1), 31(2), 35(1), 40(2), 41(1), 45, 46, 48, 50 to 56 and 60 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To require, for the reasons stated in this Order (supra Considering para. 48), in accordance with the principle of procedural economy and in exercise of the authority granted under Article 50(1) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, that the following individuals render their statements by affidavit: A. Witnesses 16