conclusions of the Merits Report. It also asked that the Court order the State to grant certain measures of reparation (infra Chapter VII). II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 5. Notification to the State and to the representative.3 – The submission of the case was notified to the representative and to the State on July 30, 2018. 6. Request for Provisional Measures. – On July 31, 2018, the representative requested provisional measures in favor of Mr. Romero Feris. The President of the Court found that the information provided by the representative and by the State was not sufficient to establish the existence of a situation of extreme gravity or urgency regarding the health problems that Mr. Romero Feris was said to be suffering.4 7. Brief with pleadings, motions and evidence. – On September 14, 2018, the representative presented a brief with pleadings, motions and evidence (hereinafter “brief with pleadings and motions”), pursuant to the terms of Articles 25 and 40 of the Rules. 8. Answering brief.5 – On November 16, 2018, the State submitted its answering brief to the submission of the case and to the brief with pleadings and motions. 9. Public hearing. – By an order of March 18, 2019, the President of the Court called the parties and the Commission to a public hearing that was held on May 8, 2019 during the Court’s 60th Special Session, which took place in Montevideo, Uruguay.6 10. Final written arguments and observations. – On June 10, 2019, the State, the representative and the Commission presented their final written arguments and final written observations, respectively. 11. Deliberation of this case. – The Court began deliberation of this judgment on October 15, 2019. III. JURISDICTION 12. The Court has jurisdiction to hear this case, pursuant to Article 62(3) of the Convention, since Argentina is a State Party thereto since September 5, 1984 and recognized the Court’s contentious jurisdiction on that same date. IV. EVIDENCE 13. The Court admits those documents presented at the proper procedural moment by the parties and by the Commission (Article 57 of the Rules), the admissibility of which in this case 3 The representative of the alleged victim is Luis Alberto Feris. Cf. Case of Romero Feris v. Argentina. Request for Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Court of August 22, 2018. 4 5 The State named Alberto Javier Salgado as Agent and Ramiro Cristóbal Badía as Alternate Agent. Appearing at the hearing were: (a) for the Commission: Erick Acuña Pereda; (b) for the alleged victim: Luis Alberto Feris, Jose María Baricco and Jose María Arrieta and (c) for the State: Alberto Javier Salgado, Ramiro Cristóbal Badía and Gonzalo Bueno. In addition, the statement of the alleged victim was received by video conference. 6 4