ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF APRIL 10, 2013 CASE OF VÉLIZ FRANCO ET AL. v. GUATEMALA HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief submitting the case of May 3, 2012, presented by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) against the Republic of Guatemala (hereinafter “Guatemala” or “the State”), in which it offered three expert opinions, but only named two of the three expert witnesses proposed. 2. The notes of May 7 and June 1, 2012, in which the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter the “Secretariat”) informed the Inter-American Commission that it would await the corresponding attachments to its brief, and clarification as to whether it was offering the two experts indicated, or if there was a third expert, in which case it should submit the name of that expert, together with the object of the expert opinion and the curriculum vitae of the unnamed expert (supra Having Seen 1). 3. The briefs of June 8 and 15, 2012, in which the Commission forwarded and completed the aforementioned attachments, without making any mention of a third expert witness. 4. The brief of pleadings, motions and evidence (hereinafter “brief of pleadings and motions”) of September 4, 2012 and its attachments, received on September 13, 2012 and completed on September 27 of that year, submitted by the representatives of the alleged victims 1 (hereinafter “the representatives”), in which they offered the testimonies of three alleged victims, one witness and four expert opinions. They also presented a request on behalf of the alleged victims to have access to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Assistance Fund of the Court” or “the Fund”) to cover some costs related to the production of evidence during the proceeding before the Court. 5. The brief filing a preliminary objection, the answer to the brief submitting the case before the Court and observations to the pleadings and motions brief (hereinafter the “answer brief”) presented by the State on December 18, 2012, and its attachments, received by the Secretariat on January 8 and 9, 2013. The State did not offer testimonial or expert evidence. 6. The Order of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) of January 8, 2013 (hereinafter “Order of the President”) concerning the Victims’ Assistance Fund. 1 At the time, the representatives of the alleged victims were the Red de No Violencia Contra las Mujeres (REDNOVI) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). Subsequently, on March 8, 2013 the Court was informed that only REDNOVI would act as representative of the alleged victims.