3 Secretariat”) notified Argentina of the application and informed the State that it had a period of three months to file a written answer [Article 29(1) of the Rules of Procedure] and thirty days following notification of the application to present preliminary objections [Article 31(1) of the Rules of Procedure]. The Secretariat also asked Argentina to appoint its Agent to the Court within a period of two weeks and, if it considered it necessary, also to appoint an Alternate Agent. The Government received the notification on June 14, 1995. 5. By note dated June 22, 1995, in Buenos Aires, Argentina appointed Ambassador Zelmira Regazzoli and Doctor Mónica Pinto as Agent and Alternate Agent respectively; Doctor Francisco Martínez, Doctor Jorge Cardozo and Secretary Ana María Moglia as Advisors; and Minister Haydée Osuna as Assistant. By note of January 31, 1996, Ambassador Humberto Toledo was appointed Alternate Agent. 6. On July 10, 1995, the Agent of the Government informed the Court that Argentina would not present preliminary objections. By another note of the same date the agent notified the Court that Argentina appointed Julio A. Barberis as Judge ad hoc. 7. On September 11, 1995, Argentina answered the application. (infra para. 24) 8. By Order of December 9, 1995, the President summoned the parties to a public hearing at the seat of the Court to be held on February 1, 1996. The Commission and the Government, in notes received on January 30 and 31, 1996, respectively, requested postponement of that hearing. 9. On February 1, 1996, the public hearing on the merits was held as planned at the seat of the Court. There appeared, for the Government of the Republic of Argentina: Humberto Toledo, Alternate Agent for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: John Donaldson, Delegate Domingo Acevedo, Attorney Ariel Dulitzky, Assistant II 10. In Section II of its application, the Commission set forth a statement of the facts that gave rise to this case. In this regard, the Commission asserts that, according to the account of eyewitnesses, at approximately 4:00 P.M., on April 28, 1990, Adolfo Argentino GarridoCalderón and Raúl Baigorria-Balmaceda were detained by uniformed personnel of the Police