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Patricia Fuenmayor Gómez and John Arturo Cárdenas Mesa, of the Grupo
Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos; and Carlos Rodríguez Mejía and Luz
Marina Monzón Cifuentes, of the Comisión Colombiana de Juristas; and (c) for the
State: Felipe Piquero Villegas, agent; Luz Marina Gil García, deputy agent; Clara Inés
Vargas Silva, Gladis Álvarez Arango, Martha Carrillo, Julio Aníbal Riaño, Carlos
Rodríguez, Dionisio Araujo and Héctor Adolfo Sintura Varela, advisers. Also, one
witness proposed by the Inter-American Commission; two witnesses proposed by the
representatives; and Carlos Saavedra Prado, proposed as a witness by the State. In
addition, Rodrigo Uprimny Yepes, proposed by the Inter-American Commission and
Hernando Torres Corredor, proposed by the State, appeared as expert witnesses.
43.
During the public hearing the parties provided various documents (infra
paras. 118 and 119).
44.
On September 30, 2005, the representatives and the State were asked to
forward several documents as helpful evidence and their respective final written
arguments by October 24, 2005, at the latest. The State was asked to provide
updated information on the La Granja and El Aro criminal, administrative and
disciplinary proceedings. The State and the representatives were also asked to
forward: (a) a complete updated list with the names of all the persons who had
allegedly been displaced owing to the facts of the instant case; (b) information on
whether these persons had received help or support of any kind from the State due
to this situation; and (c) information on whether any of the alleged victims or their
next of kin had filed actions for protection of their constitutional rights (tutela) or
under administrative law in relation to the internal displacement. Lastly, the
representatives were asked to provide “a description of the damage suffered by each
of the alleged victims listed in the brief with requests, arguments and evidence
owing to the alleged violation of Article 21 of the American Convention (Right to
Property),” and also copies of some people’s identity documents.
45.
On October 4, 2005, the Commission requested the Court to maintain the
confidentiality of the identity of certain persons who provided testimony by sworn
statements before notary public or at the public hearing before the Court. In this
regard, on the instructions of the President, the representatives and the State were
granted until October 19, 2005, to present any observations they deemed pertinent.
Neither the representatives nor the State submitted the respective observations.
46.
On October 20, 2005, the representatives requested an additional four days
for submitting their final written arguments. On the instructions of the President, the
representatives were informed that, in keeping with the fourteenth operative
paragraph of the President’s order of July 28, 2005 (supra para. 23), the time limit
for presenting the final written arguments was non-extendible. Consequently, the
representatives were asked to present the said brief with final arguments as soon as
possible.
47.
On October 24, 2005, the State submitted the helpful evidence requested on
September 30, 2005, and also its final written arguments. The original of the briefs
and their attachments were received by the Secretariat on October 27, 2005.
48.
On October 24, 2005, the Inter-American Commission submitted its final
written arguments.
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