33 IX PRIOR CONSIDERATIONS 57. Once the Court has defined the proven facts that it considers relevant, it must examine the arguments of the Inter-American Commission in order to decide whether the proven facts engage the State’s international responsibility due to the alleged violation of the American Convention and, if the case has the pertinent merits, determine the legal consequences of the alleged violations. However, prior to this, the Court believes that it is necessary to examine the Commission’s arguments on some important issues in the instant case. * * * 58. As we have mentioned above (supra 22, 25, 27, 28 and 30), the State did not file any defense whatsoever, and it did not appear at the hearings for which it was summonsed. In this respect, the Commission states that: a) The Inter-American Court has declared inadmissible Peru’s purported “withdrawal” from its contentious jurisdiction, by which the State attempted Annex 16; invoices dated August 22, 1998, of the Atlantis Hotel, Nevada, United States, for miscellaneous expenses, Annex 16; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses from August 27 to September 13, 1998, at the Hyatt Hotel, Florida, United States, Annex 18; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of American Airline tickets on September 9, 1998, for Delia Revoredo Marsano, Mr. Cueva, Mr. Vizcarra and Jaime Mur, Annex 19; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of sending a file by FEDEX on September 10, 1998, Annex 19; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses from September 22 to 28, 1998, at the Hyatt Hotel, Florida, United States, Annex 20; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses on September 22, 1998, at the Four Seasons Hotel, Washington D.C., United States, Annex 20; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of American Airlines tickets and related expenses on September 22 and 26, 1998, Annex 21; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of American Airlines airline tickets and related expenses on September 26, 1998, Annex 22; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses on October 7, 1998, at the Hyatt Hotel, Florida, United States, Annex 23; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses from October 9 to 13, 1998, at the Georgetown Suites Hotel, Washington D.C., United States, Annex 24; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses on October 10, 1998, at the Hilton Hotel, Washington D.C., United States, Annex 24; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of American Airlines tickets and related expenses on October 13, 1998, Annex 24; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of American Airlines tickets and related expenses on October 12, 1998, Annex 24; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement of October 28, 1998, Annex 25; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of LACSA airline tickets and related expenses on November 3, 1998, Annex 25; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of LACSA airline tickets on November 3, 1998, Annex 26; Delia Revoredo’s credit card statement showing payment of hotel expenses on November 4, 1998, at the Apartotel Villas del Río, Costa Rica, Annex 26; invoice for accommodation from January 27 to 29, 1999, at the Hilton Hotel, Nevada, United States, Annex 27; invoice for accommodation from October 13 to 19, 1998 at the Hyatt Hotel, Florida, United States, Annex 28; receipt issued by Fanny Briseño Meiggs for fees for professional services, Annex 29; receipt issued by Fanny Briseño Meiggs for fees for professional services, Annex 29; receipt issued by Greenberg Taurig P.A. for fees for professional services, Annex 30; receipt issued by Greenberg Taurig P.A. for fees for professional services, Annex 31; certification dated December 30, 2000 issued by Tatiana Irene Mendieta Barrera for providing professional services, Annex 32; certification dated January 3, 2001, made by Laura Nalvarte Moreno for providing assistance services, Annex 32; sworn statement dated January 3, 2001 made by Felix José Jurado Hernández, Annex 34; invoice dated December 10, 1998, issued by Greenberg Taurig P.A. for fees for professional services, Annex 35; invoice dated November 24, 1998 issued by Greenberg Taurig P.A. for fees for professional services, Annex 36; invoice dated January 3, 2001 issued by lawyer’s office Rodrigo, Elías and Medrano for fees for professional services, Annex 37; letter of January 2, 2001 written by Carlos Boloña Behr for fees for professional services, Annex 38; sworn statement dated January 3, 2001 written by Guillermo Freund Vargas Prada, Annex 39; sworn statement dated January 3, 2001 made by Jaime Mur Campoverde and Delia Revoredo Marsano, Annex 40; and various newspaper articles concerning Delia Revoredo Marsano.