7 all pursuant to Article 35 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, under which the witnesses shall be presented by the party offering their testimony. c. Hear the pleadings of the parties on the merits of the instant case. 27. By order of July 7, 1992, the Court unanimously ordered "[t]hat this case continue to be heard by the Court as [newly] composed after January 1, 1992." 28. The Government having waived the objections it had interposed, public hearings were held on July 8 and 9, 1992, to receive the testimony of the witnesses and expert witnesses called by the parties and to hear the pleadings on the merits of the case. There appeared before the Court: a. for the Government of Suriname: Carlos Vargas-Pizarro, Agent Fred M. Reid, Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname Jorge Ross-Araya, Attorney-Adviser Joaquín Tacsan-Chen, Attorney-Adviser b. for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Oliver H. Jackman, Delegate David J. Padilla, Delegate Claudio Grossman, Adviser c. witnesses presented by the Commission: Leo Gangaram Panday Dropati Gangaram Panday Stanley Rensch, Director of the Human Rights Bureau, Moiwana 86 d. witnesses presented by the Government: Ramón A. de Freitas, Representative of the Attorney's Office of the Republic of Suriname M. A. Vrede, Anatomical Pathologist and Expert Witness. The Government chose not to present Dr. Juan Gerardo Ugalde-Lobo as an expert witness. Dr. Richard J. Baltaro, the expert witness offered by the Commission, did not appear before these hearings.