4 14. On October 22, 1990, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter "the Secretariat"), pursuant to Article 26(1) of the Rules of Procedure, notified the Government of the complaint. 15. The Government designated Minister Counselor Eduardo Barandiarán as its Agent, and doctor Jorge E. Orihuela-Iberico as Judge ad hoc. On January 2, 1991, doctor Sergio Tapia-Tapia was appointed as the Government's new Agent. 16. By Resolution of November 12, 1990, the President of the Court (hereinafter "the President"), in agreement with the Agent of Peru and the Commission's Delegates and in consultation with the Court's Permanent Commission (hereinafter "the Permanent Commission"), set March 29, 1991 as the deadline for the Commission to submit the memorial to which Article 29 of the Rules of Procedure refers, and June 28 of that same year as the deadline for the Government to submit its countermemorial. 17. These documents were received on March 28 and June 27, 1991 respectively. 18. On June 26, 1991, the Agent of Peru interposed preliminary objections alleging "the lack of the Commission's jurisdiction" and the "expiration of the time period permitted for filing the petition." On July 31, 1991, the Secretariat received the Commission's written submission containing its observations and conclusions on these preliminary objections. 19. On December 6, 1991, a public hearing was held to hear the position of the parties on the preliminary objections. 20. On December 11, 1991, in a judgment passed by four votes to one, the Court rejected the preliminary objections interposed by the Government. 21. The Agent of Peru, submitted a request for interpretation and appealed for a revision of the judgment rejecting the preliminary objections, both of which were answered by the Commission. On June 30, 1992, a public hearing was held for this request and, on July 1, 1992, the Government renounced its request for a revision remedy. 22. On July 3, 1992, the Court adopted, by five votes against one, the decision to take note of the discontinuance of the Government's revision remedy and to reject the request for interpretation of its December 11, 1991 judgment on the preliminary objections as improper. 23. In its countermemorial of June 27, 1991, the Government denied and completely opposed the facts described by the Commission to the Court. The Government alleged that those facts did not reflect "the actual situation as verified by the reality of events that occurred at the 'El Frontón' correctional island on the occasion of the armed riot and taking of hostages under the leadership of more than one hundred" inmates accused of terrorism. The Government then requested a sanction against the Commission for having submitted the case to the Court. 24. By Resolution of August 3, 1991, the President granted the parties time limits for the submission of evidence, as well as for the formulation of comments concerning these communications, period which expired on October 15, 1991. 25. The Government and the Commission submitted documentary evidence, and Peru presented its comments on the evidence submitted by the Commission. Among other things, the Government objected to the testimonial proof as improper and unnecessary and opposed the appearance of several of the witnesses and experts offered by the Commission.