17 extinguishment of the domestic criminal case mentioned by the Commission (supra 20).13 48. On June 3, 2002 the State forwarded a copy of a note sent by the Human Rights Secretary of the Nation’s Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, informing the Bureau of Legal Affairs or “Procuración del Tesoro de la Nación” of the legal acts carried out by the judge intervening in the case under domestic jurisdiction (supra 20).14 49. Once authorized by the President of the Court (supra 22), the State submitted the written statements of expert witnesses Osvaldo Héctor Curci and Osvaldo Hugo Raffo.15 50. In its brief on reparations (supra 18), the Commission submitted four annexes with that same number of documents.16 The State, in turn, included three annexes, with that same number of documents,17 in its brief with observations on the reparations (supra 18). 51. On February 11, 2002 the Commission submitted three documents pertaining to the marriage certificate of the parents of Walter David Bulacio and the powers of attorney of the representatives of Lorena Beatriz Bulacio and María Ramona Armas de Bulacio.18 52. On March 6, 2003, during the final arguments of the parties at the second public hearing (supra 26 and 27), the representatives of the next of kin of the victim submitted seven documents.19 13 Cf., Sheets 2718 to 2901 of case No. 2,018 entitled “ESPOSITO, Miguel Ángel s/privación ilegal de la libertad calificada y reiterada”, fastened with rings in separate volumes of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court; sheets 1 to 116 of the motion on extinguishment of criminal action, fastened with rings in separate volumes of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court; sheets 407 to 747 of the motion on prior decision on lack of action tabled by the defense counsel, fastened with rings in separate volumes of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court; sheets 307 to 382 of the testimony in the appeal to the Prosecutor, sheets 14/15 against the writ in sheet 12 (of the sheets with motions), fastened with rings in separate volumes of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court; and sheets 1 to 25, fastened with rings in separate volumes of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court. 14 Cf., Sheets 482 to 487 of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Bulacio. Fondo. Tomo II”. 15 Cf., Sheets 677 to 688 of the main file at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Bulacio. Fondo. Tomo III”. 16 Cf., Annexes 1 to 4 of the brief on reparations filed by the Commission on July 18, 2001, sheets 25 to 29 of the main file on reparations at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Bulacio. Reparaciones. Tomo I”. 17 Cf., Annexes 1 and 2 of the brief on reparations filed by the State on February 7, 2002, sheets 71 to 96 of the main file on reparations at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Bulacio. Reparaciones. Tomo I”. 18 Cf., Sheets 123 to 127 of the main file on reparations at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Bulacio. Reparaciones. Tomo I”. 19 Cf., Sheets 769 to 773 of the main file on the merits at the Secretariat of the Court entitled “Caso Bulacio. Fondo. Tomo III”.

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