5. In notes dated December 8, 1997, April 20, 1998, and September 29, 1998, the petitioner provided the Commission with additional information on his situation in Argentina. 6. The Commission advised the petitioner that it was initiating proceedings and it sent the relevant portions of the complaint to the State, on October 7, 1998, giving the Government 90 days to provide any information it deemed relevant to the facts alleged in the complaint, and on the exhaustion of domestic remedies. On January 6, 1999, the State requested an initial extension of the time limit for presenting the corresponding information, and the Commission, in a note of January 8, 1999, granted the State an additional term of 60 days, and informed the petitioner of this decision in a letter of January 28, 1998. Subsequently, in a communication dated March 10, 1999, the State requested a further time extension for providing the requested information, and it was granted an additional 30 days in a note of March 15, 1999, which was also notified to the petitioner. 7. The Government submitted its response to the complaint in a communication dated April 15, 1999, the relevant portions of which were transmitted to the petitioner on April 22, 1999, giving him 60 days to submit his observations on the State's response. 8. The petitioner submitted his observations to the State's response on July 9, 1999, and these were transmitted to the Government in a communication dated July 13, 1999, giving it 60 days to submit additional information or to offer observations on the petitioner's submission. 9. The State presented its comments on the petitioner's observations on September 16, 1999. The contents of that second submission from the State were reported to the petitioner on September 27, 1999, giving him a period of 60 days to offer observations. 10. On December 7, 1999, the petitioner sent his observations to the new report from the Government, and the contents were communicated to the State on December 20, 1999, giving it a period of 60 days to respond. 11. In a note dated April 19, 2000, the petitioner provided the Commission with updated information on the consequences of the alleged violations, and the pertinent portions were transmitted to the 2