3 1. To call upon the State to adopt all measures required to promptly and effectively comply with all pending aspects, in accordance with the provisions of Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To request the State to submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on November 24, 2008, a report stating all measures taken to comply with the reparations ordered by the Court but still pending compliance and, specifically, providing the information requested by the Court, as stated in Considering Clauses 8, 12, 16, 20, 27, 33, 37 to 39 and 42 of the […] Order. 3. To request the representatives of the victims and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit their comments on the State report mentioned in the preceding operative paragraph, within four and six weeks, respectively, of receipt of the aforementioned report. Moreover, the representatives’ comments must include the information requested by this Court, pursuant to Considering Clauses 8, 12, 16, 20, 27, 37 to 39 and 42 of the […] Order. 4. To continue monitoring compliance with the paragraphs pending compliance of the Judgment on Reparations and Costs of November 19, 2004. 4. The reports of the Republic of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State” or “Guatemala”) presented on August 28, 2008 and November 25, 2008 regarding the status of compliance with the Judgment. 5. The briefs of the victims’ representatives (hereinafter “the representatives”) received on October 24, 2008 and February 24, 2009, whereby they presented their observations on the State’s reports. 6. The briefs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) submitted on November 19, 2008 and June 2, 2009, whereby it presented its observations on the State’s reports. 7. The notes of the Secretariat of the Court of March 20 and April 20, 2009, whereby it was reiterated to the Inter-American Commission to submit its observations on the State report of November 25, 2008. Considering: 1. That it is an inherent power of the judicial functions of the Court to monitor compliance with its decisions. 2. That Guatemala has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Convention” or the “American Convention”) since May 25, 1978, and that it recognized the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court on March 9, 1987. 3. That Article 68(1) of the American Convention stipulates that “[t]he States Parties to the Convention undertake to comply with the judgment of the Court in any case to which they are parties.” Therefore, the States must ensure that the rulings set out in the decisions of the Court are implemented at the domestic level.1 Cf. Case of Baena Ricardo et al v. Panama. Competence. Judgment of November 28, 2003. Series C No. 104, para. 131; Case of Cantoral Huamaní and García Santa Cruz v. Peru. Monitoring Compliance with Judgment. Order of the Court of April 28, 2009, Considering clause three; and Case of Chaparro Álvarez and Lapo Íñiguez v. Ecuador. Monitoring Compliance with Judgment. Order of the Court of April 29, 2009, Considering clause three. 1