Commission's allegations, but they also argued that Articles 5(1), 5(2), 11(2), 13, and 17(1) of the American Convention had been violated, as well as the right of the alleged victim's family to the truth. They asked that Colombia be ordered to adopt several measures of reparation. 8. Answering brief. On December 31, 2021, the State presented to the Court its answering brief to the submission of the case by the Commission and to the pleadings and motions brief (hereinafter “answering brief” or “answer”), in which it denied international responsibility for the rights violations alleged by the Commission and the representatives. 9. Public hearing. On October 18, 2022, 3 an Order of the President called the parties and the Commission to a public hearing on the merits and potential reparations and costs, which was held in person at the Court’s headquarters in Costa Rica on November 8, 2022, during the 154th regular session of the Court. 4 In that hearing, the State acknowledged its international responsibility, which will be analyzed below (infra chapter IV). 10. Amicus brief. This Court received one amicus brief. 5 11. Final written arguments and observations. On December 6, 2022, the State presented its final written arguments and annexes. On December 8, 2022, the Commission presented its final written observations, and the representatives presented final written arguments and annexes. 12. Provisional measures. On February 8, 2023, the Court issued an order granting provisional measures in favor of Leidy Julieth Gallego Toro, Jhon Alber Urrego, María Bibiancy Tabares Toro, Víctor Alonso León, María Camila Henao, and Miguel Ángel Orozco because the information provided indicates that these individuals are at risk due to the persecution and harassment suffered by relatives of Óscar Iván Tabares Toro. 13. Disbursements of the Assistance Fund. On April 20, 2023, pursuant to instructions from the President of the Court, the secretariat sent information to the State on disbursements from the Victims' Legal Assistance Fund (hereinafter “FALV”) in this case. Pursuant to Article 5 of the Court's Rules of Procedure on the Operations of the Fund, the State was given a deadline for submitting any observations it deemed relevant. The State did not submit any observations before the deadline. 14. Deliberation of the case. The Court began deliberating this judgment on May 23, 2023. III JURISDICTION 15. The Inter-American Court has jurisdiction to hear this case under Article 62(3) of the American Convention because Colombia has been a State Party to that convention since July 31, 1973, and it accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Court on June 21, 1985. Furthermore, on April 12, 2005, the State deposited its instrument of ratification of the Inter-American Convention on the Forced Disappearance of Persons, which went into effect for Colombia 30 days later, in accordance with Article XX of the convention. IV ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY 3 Cf. Case of Tabares Toro et al. v. Colombia. Call for a hearing. October 18, 2022, Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Available in Spanish at: https://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/asuntos/tabares_toro_18_10_2022.pdf 4 The following attended the hearing: a) for the Inter-American Commission: the attorneys Erick Acuña Pereda and Karin Masel; b) for the representatives: Ana María Rodríguez Valencia, Moisés David Meza, and David Andrés Iregui Delgado, attorneys of the Colombian Commission of Jurists; and c) for the State: Martha Lucía Zamora Ávila, Director General of the National Agency for Legal Defense of the State, agent. 5 The brief was signed by Julian David Ortiz Guarin, Elba María Arrunátegui Giraldo, Yesica Naranjo Álvarez, Diana Carolina Sulez Díaz, and Jhoan Steven Idrobo. It argues that the State of Colombia should be found responsible for the forced disappearance of serviceman Óscar Iván Tabares Toro. 4