of legal persons, the answer to the brief submitting the case by the Inter-American Commission and the observations to the brief containing pleadings, motions, and evidence filed by the representatives of the alleged victims shall be considered. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, Pursuant to Articles 12, 13, 19, and 25 of the Statute and Articles 4, 21, 31, and 39 of the Rules of Procedure, DECIDES TO: 1. Declare the global strike on the Court and the content of the brief to which the State refers (supra Considering clause six) to be manifestly inadmissible, reject the insulting statements used by the State in that brief and warn that all brief that contains such expressions will be returned to whoever submitted it without processing it. 2. Declare that the allegations of lack of impartiality of some Judges who make up the Court filed by the State of Venezuela as a preliminary objection cannot be considered as such, in accordance with the Considering clause four of this Order. 3. Declare inadmissible, as they do not refer to this case, the considerations made by the State in relation to the Judgment rendered in the case of Uson Ramirez V. Venezuela, in accordance with that mentioned in Considering clause five of this Order. 4. Declare that the allegation regarding the lack of impartiality made by the State in relation to the Judges Diego Garcia-Sayan and Manuel Ventura Robles is unfounded as they have not engaged in any of the statutory grounds for disqualification or performed any act which puts in question their impartiality, as indicated in Considering clauses 13 to 24 of this Order. 5. Declare the State’s allegations concerning the alleged lack of impartiality of Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Secretary of the Tribunal inadmissible and unfounded, in accordance with that mentioned in Considering clause 25 of this Order. 6. Determine that the Court, composed of all of its members, continue hearing the case of Granier et al. (Radio Caracas Televisión) V. Venezuela. 7. Provide that the Secretariat of the Court provide legal notice of this Order to the InterAmerican Commission, the representatives of the alleged victims, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Humberto Antonio Sierra Porto President 5

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