10 31. On February 19, 2001, the agent and deputy agent submitted a communication in which they informed that the State: 1. Recognizes its international responsibility in the instant case, and will therefore initiate a friendly settlement procedure with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and with the petitioners in this case. 2. By virtue of this recognition, […] will transmit communications to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights and the National Human Rights Coordinator in order to initiate formal discussions and reach the above-mentioned agreement. 32. On February 21, 2001, the President of the Court issued an order, in which he decided: To convene the representatives of the State of Peru and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to a public hearing to be held at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at 9.00 a.m. on March 14, 2001, in order to hear the parties, with regard to the position of the State transcribed in Having Seen 2 of [the said] order. On February 22, 2001, this order was notified to both Peru and the Commission. 33. On March 14, 2001, a public hearing on this case was held. There appeared before the Court: For the State of Peru: Javier Ernesto Ciurlizza Contreras, agent, and César Lino Azabache Caracciolo, deputy agent. For the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Juan E. Méndez, delegate Christina M. Cerna, lawyer Viviana Krsticevic, assistant Germán Alvarez Arbulú, assistant Robert Meza, assistant Rocío Gala Gálvez, assistant, and Miguel Huerta, assistant. VI ACQUIESCENCE The State’s arguments 34. In its brief of February 19, 2001, and at the public hearing on March 14, 2001, Peru recognized its international responsibility in the instant case (supra para. 31). 35. During the public hearing, the State’s agent stated that: