The State’s unfounded affirmations concerning supposed “pressure” received by Judge Vio Grossi from “other judges of the Court” or from “the Inter-American Court” constitute an unacceptable insult to the judges who are members of this international human rights court. 14. Based on the above, the Court finds inadmissible the State’s allegations concerning the supposed failure to provide grounds for the reason stated by Judge Vio Grossi to recuse himself, as well as those concerning its “rejection” of this recusal that seeks to oblige Judge Eduardo Vio Grossi to hear the case of Brewer Carías v. Venezuela. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS pursuant to Article 19 of its Statute and Articles 21 and 31 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To confirm that the recusal of Judge Eduardo Vio Grossi from hearing the case of Brewer Carías v. Venezuela was presented and accepted by the President of the Court, in consultation with the other judges, in accordance with the statutory and regulatory norms that govern this matter. 2. To consider inadmissible the State’s arguments on the supposed failure to provide grounds for the reason set out by Judge Vio Grossi to recuse himself, as well as those relating to its “rejection” of the said recusal, which seeks to oblige Judge Eduardo Vio Grossi to hear the case. 3. To require the Secretariat of the Court to notify this Order to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the representatives of the presumed victim, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Diego García-Sayán President Manuel Ventura Robles Leonardo A. Franco Margarette May Macaulay Rhadys Abreu Blondet 4