20 the Court shall communicate the application to the original claimant, if known, and to the victim or his next of kin, if appropriate. 66. Consequently, it is not admissible to argue, as the State has done, that the Commissions’ transmittal of the application to the petitioner contravenes any provisions of the procedure before the Court or the Commission. 67. In view of the foregoing, the Court rejects the third preliminary objection because it is without merit. IX OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 68. Therefore, THE COURT DECIDES unanimously, 1. To reject the preliminary objections filed by the State. 2. To continue hearing the instant case. Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic, in San Jose, Costa Rica, this eighteenth day of November 1999.