be held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, during the 45° Special Period of Sessions, on April
25, 2012, as from 9 a.m., to receive the final oral arguments and the final oral
observations, respectively, regarding the merits and possible reparations and legal
costs, as well as to receive the statements of the following people:
Alleged victims proposed by the representatives
1) Wendy Santizo Méndez, who shall render a statement about the
circumstances of the alleged disappearance of her mother, Luz Haydeé
Méndez Calderón and her alleged rape, torture and abduction; the impact on
her and her family and her fight against impunity, including her leadership in
an organization made up of children of disappeared parents; and
2) Efraín García, who shall render a statement about the way in which the facts
occurred before, during and after the alleged disappearance of his daughter,
Lesbia Lucrecia García Escobar; the alleged impact on him and his family
and his fight against impunity;
Witness proposed by the State
1) Manuel Giovanni Vásquez Vicente, who shall render a statement about the
proceedings carried out by the State in order to investigate, prosecute and
punish the responsible for the forced disappearance of the 26 disappeared
persons and the search for their mortal remains, as well as the investigation
into the illegal detention and subsequent execution of Rudy Gustavo
Figueroa Muñoz and the illegal detention, torture and rape of Wendy Santizo
Mendez”.
Expert witness proposed by the representatives
1) Katherine Temple Doyle, analyst of the National Security Archives, who shall
render an expert opinion on the access to information in Guatemala; the
content of official documents kept under the State’s custody, including the
Diario Militar, the National Police Historical Archive and the Military Archives
and the responsibility for the alleged forced disappearances of persons.
6.
To order the Republic of Guatemala to contribute to the exit from and
entrance to its territory of declarants, if they reside in it, who have been summoned
by this Order to render a statement at the public hearing in this case, pursuant to
the terms of Article 26.1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court.
7.
To require Ecuador, according to the terms stipulated in article 26.3 of the
Rules of Procedure, to provide its assistance to conduct the public hearing in such
country, convened by means of this Order, as well as to contribute to the exit from
and entrance to its territory of the persons who were summoned to render a
statement before the Inter-American Court at said hearing and the people who shall
represent the Inter-American Commission, the State and the alleged victims during
such hearing. To such effect, the Secretariat is required to notify this Order to the
State of Ecuador.
8.
To require the State and the representatives to notify this Order to the
declarants they proposed, who have been summoned to render a statement,
according to the terms of articles 50.2 and 50.4 of the Rules of Procedure.
9.
To inform the Commission, the State and the representatives that they must
cover the costs generated by the production of items of evidence offered by them,
in accordance with Article 60 of the Rules of Procedure.
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