4 The reference to the fact that the five victims in this case are not representative of most Peruvian pensioners is pertinent – they are not, in view of both their number and the amount of the pensions they have received. However, the reasoning according to which only State actions that affect the entire population could be submitted to the test of Article 26 does not appear to have a basis in the Convention, among other reasons because, contrary to the Commission, the Inter-American Court cannot monitor the general situation of human rights, whether they be civil and political, or economic, social and cultural. The Court can only act when the human rights of specific persons are violated, and the Convention does not require that there should be a specific number of such persons. Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo Judge Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary