THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
Pursuant to Articles 24(1) and 25(2) of the Statute of the Court and Articles 4, 15(1),
26, 31(2), 35(1), 40(2), 41(1), 45, 46, 50 to 56, 58 and 60 of the Court’s Rules of
Procedure,
DECIDES:
1.
To require, for the reasons stated in this Order (supra Considering paragraphs
40 to 42), in accordance with the principle of procedural economy and in exercise of
the authority granted under Article 50(1) of the Rules of the Court, the following
individuals to render their statements by affidavit:
A) Alleged victims proposed by the representatives
1)
Enrique Herrería Bonnet; Miguel Camba Campos; Manuel Jaramillo
Córdova; Jaime Manuel Nogales Izureta; Luis Rojas Bajaña; Mauro Terán
Cevallos, and Simón Zabala Guzmán who shall render statements on: i) the
alleged facts of the case, in particular the alleged manner in which they were
judged and their experience of dismissal; ii) the alleged personal effects they
suffered and may suffer due to the alleged violation of their human rights, and
iii) their potential feelings if they were to be compensated in the event of a
violation of their rights being declared.
B) Witness proposed by the representatives
2)
Luis Fernando Torres, who will testify on: i) the events that allegedly
occurred in the National Congress in relation to the dismissal of the Judges of
the Constitutional Court; ii) how the alleged impeachment proceedings were
conducted, the summons, the formation of the congressional majority; iii) the
arguments used by members of Congress during the congressional sessions,
and iv) the alleged motives and reasons that prompted Congress to approve the
alleged dismissal and the resolutions.
C) Expert witness offered by the representatives
3)
Alejandro Ponce Villacís, who will testify on the international standards of
independence of the Judiciary, the scope of the rights involved in the case and
the guarantees of the judicial branch, in relation to the facts of this case.
D) Expert witnesses proposed by the State
4)
Luis Ávila Linzán, who will testify on : i) the Constitutional Tribunal and
the
Constitutional Court; ii) institutional and legal developments in the
Ecuadorian case from a critical perspective; iii) the historical background; iv)
the juridical, social and political nature of the Constitutional Court in Ecuador;
v) the Law of Constitutional Oversight and the Organic Law of Jurisdictional
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