8 Witness offered by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and by the representatives of the alleged victim and his next of kin: Daniel David Tibi. Witness offered by the representatives of the alleged victim and his next of kin: Beatrice Baruet. Witness offered by the State of Ecuador: Juan Montenegro. Expert witness offered by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Carlos Martín Beristain. Expert witnesses offered by the representatives of the alleged victim and his next of kin: Ana Deutsch, and Santiago Argüello Mejía. 34. On July 7, 2004, during the public hearing, the representatives submitted a compact disc. 35. At that same public hearing before the Court, witness Juan Montenegro submitted documents regarding the case, and expert witness Santiago Argüello Mejía submitted a written expert opinion entitled “Dictamen en el caso Daniel Tibi vs. Ecuador. (Sistema Penitenciario). Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos”. 36. On July 11, 2004 the representatives submitted comments on the statements of Elsy Magdalena Peñafiel Toscano and Gloria Antonia Pérez Vera. They argued that both statements were identical, that the State itself had pointed out that they were “joint” statements, and that they contradicted them “regarding both form and substance.” Therefore, they asked the Court to disallow them. 37. On July 12, 2004 the Commission submitted its comments on the statements by Elsy Magdalena Peñafiel Toscano and Gloria Antonia Pérez Vera. It pointed out that they were identical, that they were submitted in an untimely manner, that they did not reflect direct knowledge of any facts, and that they did not fulfill the formal and substantive requirements. The Commission asked the Court to disallow these statements. 38. On July 27, 2004 the Secretariat, under instructions by the President, asked the State to submit, as evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case, no later than August 9, 2004, the following information: documents pertaining to new rulings issued in the criminal proceeding; steps taken in regards to the judicial amparo remedy filed on October 2, 1997; copy of the ruling on the inquiry in connection with the September 23, 1998 judicial decision; steps taken to return Mr. Tibi’s seized property; medical traumatological and dermatological reports, if Mr. Tibi was thus examined; steps taken, if any, regarding the alleged torture suffered by Mr. Tibi; draft medical interview by Juan Montenegro with Mr. Tibi on September 19, 1997;