6 26. In his Order of September 1, 1987, the President admitted the testimonial and documentary evidence offered by the Commission. On September 14, 1987 he also admitted the documentary evidence offered by the Government. 27. By communication of September 24, 1987, in response to the request of the Court, the Government of Costa Rica submitted certified copies of the records complied by the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Legislative Assembly, and the "Ministerio Público" of that country, on the disappearance in Honduras of Francisco Fairén Garbi and Yolanda Solís Corrales, among others. 28. The Court held hearings on the merits and heard the final arguments of the parties from September 30 to October 7, 1987. There appeared before the Court a) for the Government of Honduras: Edgardo Sevilla Idiáquez, Agent Ramón Pérez Zúñiga, Representative Juan Arnaldo Hernández, Representative Enrique Gómez, Representative Rubén Darío Zepeda, Adviser Angel Augusto Morales, Adviser Olmeda Rivera, Adviser Mario Alberto Fortín, Adviser Ramón Rufino Mejía, Adviser b) for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Gilda M. C. M. de Russomano, President, Delegate Edmundo Vargas Carreño, Executive Secretary, Delegate Claudio Grossman, Adviser Juan Méndez, Adviser Hugo Muñoz, Adviser José Miguel Vivanco, Adviser c) Witnesses presented by the Commission to testify as to "whether between the years 1981 and 1984 (the period in which Francisco Fairén Garbi and Yolanda Solís Corrales disappeared) there were numerous cases of persons who were kidnapped and who then disappeared, and whether these actions were imputable to the Armed Forces of Honduras and enjoyed the acquiescence of the Government of Honduras:" Miguel Angel Pavón Salazar, Alternate Deputy Ramón Custodio López, surgeon Virgilio Carías, economist Inés Consuelo Murillo, student Efraín Díaz Arrivillaga, Deputy Florencio Caballero, former member of the Armed Forces d) Witnesses presented by the Commission to testify as to "whether between the years 1981 and 1984 effective domestic remedies existed in Honduras to protect those persons who were kidnapped and who then disappeared in actions imputable to the Armed Forces of Honduras:" Ramón Custodio López, surgeon Virgilio Carías, economist