3 9. On January 20, 1995, the Commission forwarded to the petitioners the pertinent parts of the additional report that the State had presented on December 15, 1994. 10. On February 1, 1995, the petitioners’ reply was forwarded to the State. 11. Guatemala responded to the petitioners’ reply on March 29, 1995, and the following day the Commission forwarded the pertinent parts of this communication to the petitioners. 12. On May 17, 1995, the Commission received a letter from the petitioners responding to the State’s report of December 15, 1994, and the reply of March 29, 1995. The information was forwarded to Guatemala on May 24, 1995. 13. On June 27, 1995, the Commission received a report from the State in response to the petitioners’ communication of May 17, 1995. On July 19, 1995, the Commission forwarded the pertinent parts of the State’s report to the petitioners. 14. On September 19, 1995, the petitioners presented their reply to the Commission and on September 29, 1995, the Commission forwarded the pertinent parts to the State. 15. On November 6, 1995, the State forwarded additional information to the Commission consisting in copies of the judgments delivered in various instances during the domestic proceedings. The Commission forwarded this documentation to the petitioners on November 13, 1995. 16. The petitioners also send the Commission additional information on December 5, 1995, and January 15, 1996, and the pertinent parts of this were forwarded to the State on December 13, 1995, and January 29, 1996, respectively. 17. On January 18, 1996, Guatemala presented a reply to the information sent by the petitioners on December 5, 1995. 18. On February 22, 1996, during its 91st session, the Commission held a second hearing on the case. During this hearing, the Commission made itself available to the parties to conduct negotiations for a friendly settlement. The petitioners expressed their willingness to consider a friendly settlement, although they had their reserves about the possibility of reaching one in this case. Guatemala indicated its intention of giving its opinion on this point subsequently. 19. The petitioners confirmed their willingness to take part in a friendly settlement process in a letter received by the Commission on March 1, 1996. 20. The same day, the Commission received a letter from the State in which it affirmed that it had already forwarded all the relevant reports in this case. 21. On March 18, 1996, the petitioners sent an additional communication to the Commission about this case. The following day, the Commission forwarded the pertinent parts to the State. 22. On March 20, 1996, the Commission transmitted a note to the State in which it again made itself available to the parties to reach a friendly settlement.