3) María Margarita Chicas Márquez, who will testify on the facts of the alleged massacre
and its consequences; the consequences that the alleged lack of justice has had for
her and for other alleged victims; the measures that the State should adopt in
reparation for the alleged violations of her rights.
B)
Expert witnesses proposed by the representatives
1) Salvador Eduardo Menéndez Leal, lawyer, Deputy Attorney for the Defense of Human
Rights of El Salvador since August 2007, who will testify on the General Amnesty
Law for the Consolidation of Peace in El Salvador and its effects on the investigation
of serious human rights violations in El Salvador, as well as on the rulings of the
Salvadoran courts in this regard, and the measures that the Salvadoran State must
adopt to guarantee access to justice in such cases.
2) María Sol Yáñez de la Cruz, Professor and researcher of the Department of
Psychology of the Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Canas” (UCA), who
will offer an expert opinion on the psychosocial effects of the loss of basic assets and
property and forced displacement on the alleged victims in the instant case; the
alleged damage caused to the presumed surviving victims and to the families of the
alleged victims who died as a result of the alleged impunity surrounding the events
of this case; and the measures that the Salvadoran State should adopt to repair the
alleged damage caused to the presumed victims and their families.
6.
To require the Republic of El Salvador to facilitate the departure and entry into its
territory of the declarants, if they are resident or present therein, who are summoned by
this Order to testify at the public hearing on the merits and possible reparations and costs in
this case, pursuant to Article 26.1 of the Rules of the Court.
7.
To request the cooperation of the Republic of Ecuador, pursuant to Article 26,
clauses 1 and 3 of the Rules, in order to hold the public hearing on the merits and possible
reparations and costs in that country, convened through this Order, and to facilitate the
entry into and departure from its territory of the persons summoned to give evidence before
the Inter-American Court at said hearing and those who shall represent the Inter-American
Commission, the State and the alleged victims during the hearing. For this purpose, the
Secretariat shall notify the present Order to the Republic of Ecuador.
8.
To require the Inter-American Commission and the representatives to notify the
present Order to the persons they have proposed and who have been summoned to testify,
pursuant to Articles 50.2 and 50.4 of the Rules.
9.
To inform the Inter-American Commission and the representatives that they must
cover the expenses incurred in offering or rendering the evidence proposed by them,
pursuant to Article 60 of the Rules, without prejudice to the provisions contained in
Considering paragraph 34 of this Order.
10.
To require the Commission and the representatives to inform the persons summoned
by the Court to render a statement that, pursuant to Article 54 of the Rules, the Court shall
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