8.
To inform the representatives and the State that they must cover the costs arising
from producing or contributing the evidence they have proposed, in accordance with the
provisions of Article 60 of the Rules of Procedure.
9.
To require the representative and the State to inform the deponents summoned by
the Court to testify that, under the provisions of Article 54 of the Rules of Procedure, the
Court will advise the State, for the purposes established in the relevant domestic laws, of
any case in which those summoned to appear or to testify, do not appear or refuse to testify
without legitimate cause or when, in the Court’s opinion, they have violated their oath or
solemn declaration.
10.
To inform the representatives, the State, and the Inter-American Commission that,
following the testimony given at the public hearing, they may present to the Court their final
oral arguments and final oral observations, respectively, on the merits and eventual
reparations in the instant case.
11.
To require the Secretariat of the Court, in accordance with the provisions of Article
55(3) of the Rules of Procedure, to forward to the representatives, the State, and the InterAmerican Commission, as soon as possible, a copy of the recording of the public hearing on
the merits and eventual reparations.
12.
Not to incorporate into the body of evidence in the instant case, in the terms of
considering paragraph 8, the expert opinion provided by Magaly Vásquez at the public
hearing in the case of the Barrios Family v. Venezuela, “with regard to the examination of
Venezuela’s criminal laws.”
13.
To inform the representatives, the State, and the Inter-American Commission that
they have until April 3, 2012, to present their final written arguments and final written
observations, respectively, with regard to the merits and eventual reparations. This time
frame is non-extendible and irrespective of the forwarding of the copy of the recording of
the public hearing.
14.
To establish, in accordance with Article 4 of the Court’s Rules for the Operation of the
Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund, that the Secretariat of the Court open an expense file where
each expenditure made with resources from the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund will be
documented.
15.
To require the Secretariat of the Court to notify this Order to the representatives of
the presumed victims, the State, and the Inter-American Commission.
Diego García-Sayán
President
Emilia Segares Rodríguez
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