2 2. The first to fifth reports and the appendixes thereto, filed between December 14, 2006 and April 23, 2008, whereby the Federative Republic of Brazil (hereinafter, “the State” or “Brazil”) reported on the actions taken thus far in connection with the provisional measures the Court ordered in this matter. 3. The briefs submitted by the representatives of the beneficiaries of these provisional measures (hereinafter, “the representatives”) between November 22, 2006, and April 22, 2008, whereby they expressed their comments on the State’s reports. 4. The briefs submitted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) between May 15, 2007 and May 13, 2008, whereby the Commission expressed its comments on the State’s reports, as well as on the comments submitted by the representatives. 5. The Order issued by the President of the Court on June 10, 2008, in consultation with the other members of the Court, whereby it was decided to call the parties to a public hearing to be held on August 13, 2008 in the city of Montevideo, in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, during the XXXV Special Session, in order for the Court to hear their arguments on the provisional measures ordered in this matter. 6. The Order of the Inter-American Court of August 8, 2008, whereby a decision was made to commission Judges Diego García-Sayán, acting President of the Court, Sergio García-Ramírez, Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Leonardo A. Franco, Margarette May Macaulay and Rhadys Abreu-Blondet to attend the public hearing on this matter. Pursuant to Considering clause No. 3 of said Order, “the Judges of the Inter-American Court seating in this [matter] shall continue to hear the case through its resolution, notwithstanding their participation in the hearing.” 7. The public hearing on these provisional measures, which was held on August 13, 2008;1 the oral arguments delivered by the parties at said hearing, and the August 13, 2008 brief and appendixes 1 and 2 thereto, submitted by the State at the hearing. 8. The brief of September 4, 2008, by means of which the State submitted appendixes 3 to 7 to the August 13, 2008 report (supra Having Seen clause No. 7), which had not yet been filed with the Secretariat of the Court. 9. The brief of September 12, 2008, and the appendixes thereto, whereby the representatives expressed their comments on the written information submitted by the State at the public hearing, and provided additional information in response to the request made by the acting President of the Court at the public hearing (supra Having Seen clause No. 7). 1 This hearing was attended by: a) For the Inter-American Commission: Juan Pablo Albán-Alencastro and Lilly Ching-Soto; b) for the State of Brazil: Paulo Vannucci, Marcia Ulstra, Cristina Timponi-Cambiaghi, Bartira Meira Ramos-Nagado, Ana Lucy Gentil-Cabral-Peterson, Nathanael de Souza e Silva, Marcos Fábio de Oliveira-Nusdeo, Berenice Maria Giannella and Antonio Ferreira-Pinto; and, c) for the representatives of the beneficiaries: Tiane Gaspar Temoteo and Adriane Loche.