5. To summon the representatives, the State and the Inter-American Commission to a public hearing to be held during the Court’s 99th Regular Period of Sessions, at its seat in San Jose, Costa Rica, on May 15, 2013, from 9:00 hours, to receive their final oral arguments and final oral observations, respectively, regarding the preliminary objection and possible merits, reparations and costs, as well as to receive the statements of the following persons: A) Alleged victim proposed by the representatives 1) Rosa Elvira Franco Sandoval, mother of María Isabel Véliz Franco, who will testify on: i) her efforts to denounce the disappearance of her daughter and to obtain justice and the response of the authorities; ii) the alleged acts of intimidation and threats that she and her family suffered during this process, iii) the way in which all these events supposedly affected her and her family, and iv) the measures that the State should adopt to repair the damage caused. B) Expert witness proposed by the Commission 2) Elizabeth Salmón, Doctor of international law, who will render an expert opinion on: i) international standards on the duty of States to carry out thorough, diligent and effective investigations into acts of violence committed against women – with an emphasis on the special diligence required when the victims are girls, and ii) the importance of the investigation as a crucial stage in cases of violence against women and girls. C) Expert witness proposed by the representatives 3) María Eugenia Solís García, a lawyer and expert on human rights and gender, currently Adviser at the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, who will render an expert opinion on: i) the investigation of cases of violence against women in Guatemala, particularly murders of women related to gender at the time of the events and at present; ii) the main obstacles to obtaining justice in such cases, and iii) the measures, which according to her experience, should be adopted to prevent a repetition of events such as those that occurred in this case. 6. To require the State to facilitate the exit from and entrance into its territory of the alleged victim and the expert witnesses, if they reside or are present therein, and who have been summoned by this Order to render their statements at the public hearing regarding 15