3 based on the circumstances of the case, determine the possible reparations owed to Juan Carlos Bayarri and the persons to whom [the Court] finds they correspond, in keeping with the applicable international standards.” The State appointed Jorge Nelson Cardozo as Agent and Alberto Javier Salgado as Deputy Agent in this case. The Commission and the representatives asked the Court to reject the preliminary objection filed by the State (infra paras. 10 and 11). II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT 6. The Commission’s application was notified to the State and to the representatives on August 28, 2007. During the proceedings before the Court, in addition to the presentation of the principal briefs forwarded by the parties (supra paras. 1, 4 and 5), the President of the Court ordered that the testimony of witnesses offered by the representatives and expert witnesses offered by the State,1 be received by means of statements made before notary public (affidavit); the parties were given an opportunity to present their observations on these testimonies. Also, pursuant to Article 45(2) of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Court ordered the State to present complete and legible copies of the administrative and judicial files relating to this case, as helpful evidence.2 In addition, bearing in mind the specific circumstances of the case, the President convened the Commission, the representatives and the State to a public hearing to receive the testimony of the alleged 1 Cf. case of Bayarri. Call to a public hearing. Order of the President of the Court of March 14, 2008, first operative paragraph. 2 Cf. case of Bayarri. Call to a public hearing, supra note 1, eleventh operative paragraph. The President of the Court asked the State to present the following documents: copy of the case records of proceeding No. 55,346/2005 “Bayarri, Juan Carlos: Perjury” before National Criminal Court of First Instance No. 39, Secretariat No. 135; copy of the case records of proceeding No. 4,227 “Macri, Mauricio: Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty” before National Federal Criminal and Correctional Court of First Instance No. 6 of the Federal Capital, Secretariat No. 11; copy of the case records of proceeding No. 66,138/96 “Storni, Gustavo Adolfo et al.: Unlawful Coercion, Torture, Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty...” before National Criminal Court of First Instance No. 49 of the Federal Capital, Secretariat No. 207; copy of the case records of proceeding No. 13,754/04 “Zelaya, Luis Alberto: Failure to Comply with the Obligation to Prosecute Criminals” before National Criminal Court of First Instance No. 41 of the Federal Capital, Secretariat No. 112; copy of the testimony provided in proceeding No. 66,138/96 “Storni, Gustavo Adolfo: Unlawful Coercion and Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty” before National Criminal Court of First Instance No. 39 of the Federal Capital, Secretariat No. 135; copy of the records of case file “S” No. 130/07 “Sablich, Carlos Alberto: Self-disqualification” before the Supreme Court of Justice; copy of the case records of proceeding No. 57,403 “Bayarri, Juan Carlos: Complaint based on being threatened…” before National Criminal Court of First Instance No. 8, Secretariat No. 125, delegated to Office of the Prosecutor for Preliminary Investigations No. 18; copy of the case records of proceeding No. 001225 “Marco de Bayarri, Claudia Patricia: Complaint based on Death Threats and Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty” before Correctional Court No. 4 of the Quilmes Judicial District of the Province of Buenos Aires; copy of the case records of proceeding No. 7/989 “Public Intimidation by placing an explosive device” before National Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 3 of La Plata, Secretariat No. 7; copy of file No. 330/3 “Orio, Eduardo and Szmukler, Beinusz v. Head of Court of First Instance No. 13 of the Federal Capital, Dr. Luis Alberto Zelaya” before the National Judicial Council; copy of file No. 393/2006 “Bayarri, Juan Carlos: Complaint against the Judges of the National Criminal Cassation Chamber, Gustavo Marcelo Hornos, Ana María Capolupo de Durañona and Vedia, and Amelia Lydia Berraz de Vidal for misconduct and the commission of offenses” before the National Judicial Council; copy of file No. 114/07 “Bayarri, Juan Carlos: Complaint against the Judges of the National Criminal Cassation Chamber, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Besavilbaso, Liliana Elena Catucci and Raúl Madueño” before the National Judicial Council; copy of administrative file opened under Chapter Nine (art. 613) of the Organic Law of the Argentine Federal Police No. 21.965, Decree No. 1866 in proceeding No. 66.138/96 before National Criminal Court of First Instance No. 49 of the Federal Capital, Judgment Secretariat No. 207; copy of the Report of the Commission to Investigate Contrived Police Procedures of the Prosecutor General’s Office (Procuración General); National Civil and Commercial Procedural Code in force at the time of the facts and currently; copy of the laws or case law of the Argentine State indicating criteria for domestic compensation for damage/injuries inflicted on private individuals by State officials; copy of the laws and regulations in force in the Argentine State at the time of the facts and today with regard to the prevention, investigation and punishment of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and copy of the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure in force at the time of the facts and currently.