6 On October 15, 2009 the State appointed Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot in such capacity. 8. By means of Resolution of July 2, 2010, the Court’s President (hereinafter “the President”) convened a public hearing in the instant case and ordered the forwarding of certain affidavits and other statements in said hearing.8 The parties had the opportunity to present observations to the affidavits. 9. Moreover, the Tribunal received twelve amicus curiae briefs from the following individuals, institutions and organizations: The Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School,9 regarding the admissibility of the arguments of the alleged victims related to the duration of the unlawful detention and the abuse suffered during their detention; the Human Rights Clinic at University of Texas,10 on the vulnerable situation of the persons who are detained without an arrest warrant and the need to be brought, without delay, before a court; Gustavo Fondevila, professor at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Economic Research and Teaching Center) (CIDE),11 regarding the unlawful detentions conducted by the Mexican Army and the legalization of torture under the concept of coerced confession; Asociación para la Prevención de la Tortura (Association for Torture Prevention),12 regarding the exclusion of evidence obtained under torture; Miguel Sarre, professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico) (ITAM),13 regarding the State’s obligation to regulate a detainees’ registry as a measure of non-repetition; Clínica de Derechos Humanos de la Escuela Libre de Derecho (Human Rights Clinic at the Free Law School),14 on the duty to protect, guarantee and provide an effective recourse to human rights and environmental defenders; Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos A.C. (Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights A.C,15 on the broad discretionality of the Mexican Public Prosecutor’s Office during the conduct of preliminary inquiry; Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (Mexican Center for Environmental Law) (CEMDA) and Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Medio Ambiente (Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense) (AIDA),16 on the importance of environmental defenders in Mexico, the attacks suffered and 8 Cf. Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores v. Mexico. Order of the President of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of July 2, 2010. 9 The brief was filed on March 15, 2010 by James L. Cavallaro, Virginia Corrigan, Alexia De Vincentis, Kathleen Gibbons, Cecilia Cristina Naddeo and Charline Yim of the Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. 10 The brief was filed on July 5, 2010 by Emily Johnson on behalf of the Human Rights Clinic at University of Texas. 11 The brief was filed on August 3, 2010 by Gustavo Fondevilla on behalf of the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Economic Research and Teaching Center) (CIDE). 12 The brief was filed on September 30, 2010 by Mark Thomson, Secretariat at Asociación para la Prevención de la Tortura (Association for Torture Prevention). 13 The brief was filed on September 24, 2010 by Miguel Sarre Iguíniz, professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico) (ITAM). 14 The brief was filed on September 13, 2010 by Luis Miguel Cano Lopez, Director of Clínica de Derechos Humanos de la Escuela Libre de Derecho (Human Rights Clinic at the Free Law School). 15 The brief was filed on September 10, 2010 by Humberto F. Guerrero Rosales, Juan Carlos Gutierrez, Nancy J. Lopez Pérez, Lucia Chavez Vargas and Ulises Quero García on behalf of the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos A.C. (Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights A.C). 16 The brief was filed on September 10, 2010 by Samantha Namnum García, Regional Director of the Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (Mexican Center for Environmental Law) (CEMDA); Astrid Puentes Riaño, Executive Co-Director of Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Medio Ambiente (Inter-American Association for Environmental Defense) (AIDA); Jacob Kopas, Legal Advisor of AIDA; and Juan Carlos Arjona Estévez, Coordinator of the Human Rights and Environment Program of CEMDA.