1) Pedro Ureña, journalist, who will render a statement on the scene of the
alleged massacre, the investigation, and the judicial proceeding.
2.
Require the State to forward, where deemed relevant, in a non-extendable
period that will expire on June 8, 2012, the questions it considered pertinent to ask the
declarants indicated in operative paragraph 1 of this Order, by way of the InterAmerican Court. The statements required in operative paragraph 1 must be filed by no
later than June 20, 2012.
3.
Require the representatives to coordinate and conduct the necessary steps so
that, upon receipt of the State’s questions, the proposed declarants include their
answers in the statements they will render before a notary public, in accordance with
the considering paragraph 16 of this Order.
4.
Provide that, upon receipt of the statements required in operative paragraph 1,
the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court provide these to the parties and the
Commission, together with the expert report incorporated into this case (supra
Considering clause 18). The State and the representatives may submit their
observations to these statements and expert opinion by no later than with the final
written arguments.
5.
Summon the Dominican Republic, the representatives, and the Inter-American
Commission to a public hearing that will be held during the 95th Regular Period of
Sessions at the seat of the Court on June 21, 2012, as of 3:00 p.m., and on June 22,
2012, as of 9:00 a.m., to hear the final oral arguments and observations, respectively,
on the merits and possible reparations and costs, as well as the statements of the
following persons:
A) Alleged victims proposed by the representatives
1) Noclair Florvilien, survivor, who will render a statement on the alleged
persecution and massacre, and
2) Josue Maxime, survivor, who will render a statement on the alleged
persecution and massacre.
B) Expert witnesses proposed by the Commission
1) Doudou Diène, former Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on
contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
forms of intolerance, who will render an expert report on racial, structural,
and institutional discrimination of migrant persons, the excessive use of
force, and the appropriate responses of State agents and of the judiciary
when faced with the situations such as the one in this case, and
2) Gay McDougall, Independent Expert of the United Nations on Minority
Issues, who will render an expert report on the minimum guarantees that
pursuant to international standards on human rights must govern all
criminal or other type of proceeding that involves the determination of the
migratory status of a person or that may result in a punishment as a
consequence of this status.
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