35 69(40) On April 10, 2001, Mr. Canese and his lawyer submitted a brief, requesting the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay to rule on the appeal for review filed on March 8, 2000 (supra para. 69(36)).70 69(41) On May 2, 2001, the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay issued decision and judgment No. 179, on the appeal for review and annulment filed by Mr. Canese on March 8, 2000 (supra para. 69(36) and 69(40)) and the appeal against the judgment of second instance filed by the complainants’ lawyer on November 7, 1997 (supra para. 69(21), 69(24) and 69(39)). The Criminal Chamber decided to reject the appeal for annulment, not to admit the appeal for review and, with regard to the complainants’ appeal, to confirm decision and judgment No. 18 of November 4, 1997, issued by the Third Chamber of the Court of Criminal Appeal (supra para. 69(20)).71 On May 7, 2001, the complainants’ lawyer filed a petition for clarification concerning the failure of decision and judgment No. 179 to rule on costs.72 69(42) On May 14, 2001, Mr. Canese and his lawyer submitted a brief to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay, in which they stated that they “reserved the right to file the appeal for review again in another procedural instance, should this be appropriate.”73 Between May 14 and October 15, 2001, Ricardo Canese and his lawyer filed an appeal for review of the sentence.74 On October 15, 2001, Ricardo Canese and his lawyer submitted a brief, requesting that the appeal for review of the sentence be declared admissible, that the judgment of 70 Cf. brief submitted on by Ricardo Canese and his lawyer to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay April 10, 2001 (copy of the file of the criminal proceeding against Ricardo Canese for the offenses of slander and injuria before the First Criminal Trial Court, file of attachments to the brief answering the application, and with observations on the brief with requests and arguments, tome II, attachment 4, folio 1145). 71 Cf. brief submitted by Ricardo Canese and his lawyer to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on April 10, 2001; and decision and judgment No. 179 issued by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on May 2, 2001 (copy of the file of the criminal proceeding against Ricardo Canese for the offenses of slander and injuria before the First Criminal Trial Court, file of attachments to the brief answering the application, and with observations on the brief with requests and arguments, tome II, attachment 4, folios 1145 and 1154 to 1162). 72 Cf. brief submitted by the complainants’ lawyer to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on May 7, 2001 (copy of the file of the criminal proceeding against Ricardo Canese for the offenses of slander and injuria before the First Criminal Trial Court, file of attachments to the brief answering the application, and with observations on the brief with requests and arguments, tome I, attachment 4, folios 1163). 73 Cf. brief submitted by Ricardo Canese and his lawyer to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on May 14, 2001 (copy of the file of the criminal proceeding against Ricardo Canese for the offenses of slander and injuria before the First Criminal Trial Court, file of attachments to the brief answering the application, and with observations on the brief with requests and arguments, tome II, attachment 4, folios 1165 and 1166). 74 Cf. appeal for review of sentence filed by Ricardo Canese and his lawyer before the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay (copy of the file of the criminal proceeding against Ricardo Canese for the offenses of slander and injuria before the First Criminal Trial Court, file of attachments to the brief answering the application, and with observations on the brief with requests and arguments, tome II, attachment 4, folios 1178 to 1184).