28 67) It should be emphasized that in this case, the State failed to discharge its procedural responsibility of presenting evidence in the course of the procedural stages set out in Article 43 of the Rules of Procedure (supra para. 62). The Court considers, as it has in other cases, that when the State does not specifically contest the application, the facts on which it remains silent are presumed to be true, provided that the existing evidence leads to conclusions consistent with those facts. 68 68) Applying the above principles, before reaching a conclusion, the Court must proceed to take into account the evidence before it, the arguments made by the Commission and the representatives of the alleged victims and any documentary or other evidence which has been requested by Court and might be relevant in the present Case. 69) Therefore, in the exercise of its jurisdictional function, the Court will proceed to examine and evaluate all the elements that comprise the corpus of evidence in the case, guided by the rules of "competent analysis," so that the judges may be in a position to arrive at conclusions consistent with the facts, upon which they will have to base their decisions in the present Judgment. a) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 70) In the Hilaire Case Application, the Inter-American Commission submitted a copy of thirty-four documents contained in twenty-one exhibits (supra paras. 1 and 34). 69 71) In the Constantine et al. Case Application, the Inter-American Commission submitted a copy of 120 documents contained in forty-four exhibits (supra paras. 1 and 34). 70 72) In the Benjamin et al. Case Application, the Inter-American Commission submitted a copy of fifty-three documents contained in thirty exhibits (supra paras. 1 and 34). 71 73) During the public hearing, the Commission submitted three documents related to the case (supra para. 54) and later sent a copy of three judgments issued by the Privy Council (supra para. 56). 68 Cf. I/A Court H.R., The "Street Children" Case (Villagrán Morales et al.), supra note 67, para. 68; I/A Court H.R., Godínez Cruz Case. Judgment of January 20, 1989. Series C No. 5, para. 144; and I/A Court H.R., Velásquez Rodríguez Case. Judgment of July 29, 1988. Series C No. 4, para. 138. 69 Cf. Filed as "Haniff Hilaire (11,816) v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the Inter-American Commission", archived in the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Vols. I (pp. 1-355), II (pp. 356-837), and III (pp. 838-1275). 70 Cf. Filed as "George Constantine et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the Inter-American Commission", archived in the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Vols. I (pp. 1-507), II (pp. 508-1221), III (pp. 1222-1916), IV (pp. 1917-2490), V (pp. 2491-3189), VI (pp. 3190-3783), VII (pp. 3784-4040), and VIII (pp. 4041-4515). 71 Cf. Filed as "Peter Benjamin et al. v. Trinidad and Tobago, Exhibits to the Application of the InterAmerican Commission," archived in the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Vols. I (pp. 1-349), II (pp. 350-719), III (pp. 720-1107), IV (pp. 1108-1487), and V (pp. 1488-1859).