3 He will make a statement on the “extreme gravity and urgency of the situation of General Gallardo and his family, and about the irreparable nature of the damage.” 2. Homero Aridjis He will make a statement on the “extreme gravity and urgency of the situation, and particularly on the right of General Gallardo and the population of Mexico to seek, receive and disseminate information and opinions about the case.” 3. Diego Zavala He will make a statement on the “extreme gravity and urgency of the situation, and particularly on the right of General Gallardo and the population of Mexico to seek, receive and disseminate information and opinions about the case.” Expert witnesses proposed by the Inter-American Commission: 1. Jorge de la Peña Martínez He will refer to the “irreparable damage to the psychological and moral wellbeing of Jessica Gallardo Enríquez and the other members of the Gallardo family.” 2. Miguel Sarre He will refer to the “extreme gravity and urgency of the case of General Gallardo and the members of his family, and the irreparable nature of the damage, in the context of the Mexican legal and penitentiary system.” 2. To request the United Mexican States to facilitate the departure from and entry into its territory of all the witnesses and expert witnesses who reside there and who have been summoned by the President of the Court to give testimony or an expert report by means of this order. 3. That this summons shall be governed by the terms of Article 45 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, in accordance with which, any party requesting the production of an item of evidence shall cover its cost. 4. The brief of February 8, 2002, in which the United Mexican States advised that “the President of the Republic, Vicente Fox Quesada, issued a decree addressed to the Ministry of National Defense granting a reduction of the sentence that Mr. Gallardo Rodríguez was serving,” and that in “compliance with the said Presidential decree […], the General Directorate of Military Justice requested the penitentiary authorities of the State of Mexico to liberate José Francisco Gallardo,” who has now been liberated and “is protected 24 hours a day by an escort.” 5. The brief of February 12, 2002, in which the Commission advised the Court of General Gallardo’s liberation and, with regard to its previous requests, indicated that: [t]he circumstances that gave rise to [those requests] have varied substantially[; that] it t[ook] into account, in particular, the liberation of General Gallardo and the security measures [that the Special Immediate Reaction Unit of the Office of the Attorney General of Mexico, D.F., is granting to Mr. José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez and the members of his family,] and decide[d] to withdraw its request for provisional measures in this case. At the same time, [the Commission] request[ed …] the Inter-American Court to cancel the public hearing called for February 19, 2002.