Carlos Ayala Corao, delegate Ariel Dulitzky, Principal Specialist of the Secretariat of the Commission Debora Benchoam, lawyer of the Secretariat of the Commission Fernando Guier, assistant Witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission: Mauricio Herrera Ulloa 6. The statements made by Costa Rica and the Inter-American Commission at the public hearing, and also by Mauricio Herrera Ulloa in his testimony. 7. The order of the Court of May 23, 2001, in which it decided: 1. To grant the State of Costa Rica until August 16, 2001, to submit the report referred to in the sixth and eighth considering paragraphs of the order. 2. To ratify the order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 6, 2001, and, consequently, to call on the State of Costa Rica to abstain from executing any action that would alter the statu quo of the matter until it has submitted the requested report and the Court can deliberate and decide on this during its next regular session. 8. The State’s report of August 16, 2001, on the nature and scope of the Judicial Record of Offenders. 9. The Commission’s brief of August 24, 2001, in which it submitted its observations on the State’s brief of August 16, 2001. 10. The note of the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) of August 28, 2001, in which, following the instructions of the plenary of the Court, it advised the parties that: [a]fter examining and considering [the] certifications [issued by the Judicial Record of Offenders, one contributed by the State and the other by the Commission], the Court observe[d] that the contents of these certifications are contradictory and, consequently, request[ed] the State to clarify whether or not Mauricio Herrera Ulloa [was] registered in the Judicial Record of Offenders and, if appropriate, to indicate on what date he was registered, as well as the scope and effects of such a registration and of the entry according to which “suspension of the execution of the judgment and decisions was ordered”, “in compliance with order issued by the Inter-American Court”. The State of Costa Rica was granted until September 1, 2001, without the possibility of an extension, to present this information, so that the Court could deliberate and take a decision during its LII regular session. 11. The Commission’s brief of August 29, 2001, in which it requested the Court to send it the brief presented by the State in answer to the Secretariat’s note of August 28, 2001, “in the understanding that […] it reserved the right to make the comments that it deemed appropriate within 24 hours of receiving this document.” 12. The State’s brief of August 31, 2001, presenting the report requested by the Secretariat on August 28 that year (supra Having Seen 10), and which indicated that: