43 country and decided “to authorize [his] departure from the country for ten days[,] as of September 29, [1997].”105 69(64) On September 28, 2000, the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay issued interlocutory order No. 1626, in which it admitted a petition for habeas corpus filed by Ricardo Canese and decided to authorize his departure from Paraguay for ten days, from October 7 to 16, 2000, and indicated that Mr. Canese “should report his return.”106 69(65) On March 6, 2002, the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay granted Ricardo Canese permission to leave the country from March 8 to 17, 2002. On March 25, 2002, on his return to Paraguay, Mr. Canese and his lawyer submitted a brief to the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay reporting that Mr. Canese had returned to the country and “made [himself] available to the justice system.”107 69(66) On August 8, 2002, Mr. Canese and his lawyer filed a petition for habeas corpus reparador “as a measure of extreme urgency,” to obtain permission to travel to Peru as a “member of the Technical Advisory Team” of the “Comité de Iglesias para Ayudas de Emergencia (CIPAE)” from August 24 to September 2, 2002.108 69(67) On August 22, 2002, the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay issued decision and judgment No. 896, on the petition for habeas corpus reparador filed on August 8, 2002 (supra para. 69(66)), stating that “the final judgment did not include any prohibition” to leave the country; it therefore concluded that the prohibition “was issued as a precautionary measure in the said proceedings and has now become untenable.” In this respect, the Criminal Chamber declared that “it [was] in order to rectify the circumstances through a general habeas corpus” and, consequently, Ricardo Canese “does not require authorization to travel abroad.”109 105 Cf. interlocutory order No. 1125 issued by the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on October 19, de 1997 (file of attachments to the application, attachment 15, folio 105). 106 Cf. interlocutory order No. 1626 issued by the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay On September 28, 2000 (file of attachments al brief with requests and arguments, attachment 4, folio 570). 107 Cf. brief submitted by Ricardo Canese and his lawyer to the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on March 25, 2002 (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 1198). 108 Cf. petition for habeas corpus filed by Ricardo Canese and his lawyer before the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on August 8, 2002 (file of attachments to the brief answering the application, and with observations on the brief with requests and arguments, attachment 4, folio 1400); and letter of invitation of August 6, 2002, addressed by the Comité de Iglesias para Ayudas de Emergencia (CIPAE) to Ricardo Canese (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 1399). 109 Cf. decision and judgment No. 896 issued by the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay on August 22, 2002 (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 1402 to 1403); testimony of Ricardo Nicolás Canese Krivoshein given before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on April 28, 2004.