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Natasha De Leon, Mervyn Edmund, Alfred Frederick, Nigel Mark, Wayne Matthews, Steve
Mungroo, Vijay Mungroo, Wilson Prince, Martin Reid, Noel Seepersad, Gangaleen
Tahaloo, Keiron Thomas and Samuel Winchester, and to require the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to include its remarks on this information in its
observations.
d.
To require the State of Trinidad and Tobago and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
immediately of any significant developments concerning the circumstances of Wilberforce
Bernard, Naresh Boodram, Joey Ramiah, Clarence Charles, Phillip Chotolal, George
Constantine, Rodney Davis, Natasha De Leon, Mervyn Edmund, Alfred Frederick, Nigel
Mark, Wayne Matthews, Steve Mungroo, Vijay Mungroo, Wilson Prince, Martin Reid, Noel
Seepersad, Gangaleen Tahaloo, Keiron Thomas and Samuel Winchester.
2.
The Order of the Court of 27 May 1999, in which it decided
1.
To amplify the provisional measures ordered in the James et al. Cases and to
order the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve
the lives of Peter Benjamin, Kevin Dial, Andrew Dottin, Anthony Johnson, Amir Mohlaw,
Allan Phillip, Krishandath Seepersad and Narine Sooklal, so as not to hinder the
processing of their Cases before the Inter-American system.
2.
To require the State of Trinidad and Tobago to include in the fortnightly Reports
to which reference is made in operative paragraph 1.b of the Order of the Court of 25
May 1999 (supra Having Seen 1), information on the status of the scheduled executions
of Peter Benjamin, Kevin Dial, Andrew Dottin, Anthony Johnson, Amir Mohlaw, Allan
Phillip, Krishandath Seepersad and Narine Sooklal, and to require the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to include its remarks on this information in its
observations.
3.
To require the State of Trinidad and Tobago and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
immediately of any significant developments concerning the circumstances of Peter
Benjamin, Kevin Dial, Andrew Dottin, Anthony Johnson, Amir Mohlaw, Allan Phillip,
Krishandath Seepersad and Narine Sooklal.
3.
The communication of 18 June, 1999, which was received in the Secretariat
of the Court on the same date, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights (hereinafter “the Commission”) submitted to the Court, pursuant to Article
63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American
Convention” or “the Convention”) and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the
Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), a request for the amplification of the
provisional measures ordered by the Court in the James et al. Cases, to include
Mervyn Parris (Case No. 12.156) and Francis Mansingh (Case No. 12.157), whose
cases are currently pending before the Commission against the Republic of Trinidad
and Tobago (hereinafter “the State” or “Trinidad and Tobago.”)
4.
The aforesaid communication, in which the Commission requested the Court
to order the State
[to] take the measures necessary to preserve the lives and physical integrity of Mervyn
Parris and Francis Mansingh so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the
Inter-American system, and until the situation of extreme gravity and urgency no longer
persists in relation to these individuals.
5.
The arguments presented by the Commission, to the effect that:
a)
there are two additional petitions pending before the Commission that
were received by it on 25 May 1999 that indicate that Mervyn Parris and