Petition P-587-05: Manuel Hernández Quesada 9. The IACHR received the petition on May 24, 2005 11. The petition was transmitted to the State on November 4, 2008, along with a deadline of two months in which to present its observations. Its response was received on December 9, 2008.The Commission also received additional information from the petitioner on July 30, August 31 and November 30, 2009; July 7, 2010 and January 19, 2011. The communications were transmitted to the State. Costa Rica forwarded notes on May 12 and September 24, 2009; January 25 and September 15, 2010, and February 19, 2011, which were transmitted to the petitioners. Petition P-1083-06: Jorge Alberto Martínez Meléndez 10. The petition was received on October 11, 2006. It was transmitted to the State on July 3, 2008, along with a deadline of two months in which to present its observations. Its response was received by the IACHR on September 2, 2008. The Commission also received information from the petitioner on January 22 and August 4, 2009; February 16, March 10 and July 29, 2010; and February 21; April 12 and June 2, 2011. The communications were transmitted to the State. Costa Rica forwarded communications on December 3, 2008; April 13, June 1, August 6 and September 24, 2009; April 14, May 6, and October 20, 2010, and July 1, 2011, which were transmitted to the petitioners. Petition P-1111-06: Guillermo Rodríguez Silva and Martín Rojas Hernández 11. The IACHR received the petition on October 18, 2006. It was transmitted to the State on May 23, 2007, along with a deadline of two months in which to present its observations. The response was received on July 21, 2007. The Commission also received additional information from the petitioners on November 6, 2007, May 16, 2008, October 6, 2008 and February 13, 2009. The communications were transmitted to the State. Costa Rica forwarded communications on December 21, 2007, June 2, 2008, December 8, 2008 and May 19, 2009, which were transmitted to the petitioners. Petition P-1256-06: Carlos Eduardo Yépez Cruz, Luis Archbold Jay, Enrique Floyd Archbold Jay, Fernando Saldarriaga and Miguel Antonio Valverde 12. The IACHR received the petition on November 14, 2006 12. Additional information was received on May 21, July 5 and September 11, 2007l.It was transmitted to the State on November 4, 2008, along with a deadline of two months in which to present its observations. The response was received on December 8, 2008. The Commission also received additional information from the petitioners on January 29 and September 17, 2009; and February 4, June 2, September 14, 2010, October 21 and November 22 2010; and January 10, April 11 and June 1, 2011. The communications were transmitted to the State. Costa Rica forwarded communications on May 12 and November 20, 2009, June 24, 2010, February 15 and June 9, 2011, which were transmitted to the petitioners. 13. On July 22, 2011, the IACHR decided to join petitions 233–04; 669-04; 1174-04; 221-05; 587-05; 1063-06; 1111-06; 1256-06. III. POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES A. Petitioners Allegation common to all the petitions 14. All the petitions covered by the present report claim an alleged violation by the State of Article 8.2 (h) of the American Convention. 11 The petitioner provided additional information on February 23 and July 12, 2006, and August 24 and September 18, 2007. 12 Additional information was received from the petitioner on May 21, July 5 and September 11, 2007. 3