6 Hearings shall be public and shall be held at the seat of the Court. When exceptional circumstances so warrant, the Court may decide to hold a hearing in private or at a different location. The Court shall decide who may attend such hearings. Even in these cases, however, minutes shall be kept in the manner prescribed in Article 43 of these Rules. 14. That, based on the foregoing, it is opportune and necessary to convene a hearing so that the Inter-American Court may receive from the State complete and updated information on fulfillment of the aspects pending compliance of the judgment on merits, reparations and costs delivered in this case and hear the corresponding observations of the Inter-American Commission and the victims’ representatives. THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of the authority of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to monitor compliance with its decisions and in accordance with Articles 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, 25(1) of its Statute, and 14(1) and 29(2) of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To convene the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the representatives of the victims and the State to a private hearing to be held at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in San José, Costa Rica, on May 3, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., so that the Court may obtain information from the State on compliance with the third, fourth, sixth and seventh operative paragraphs of the judgment on merits, reparations and costs in this case, delivered on August 31, 2001, and hear the corresponding observations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the representatives of the victims. 2. To notify this Order to the State, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the representatives of the victims. Cecilia Medina Quiroga President Pablo Saavedra Alessandri Secretary So ordered,