4 4. The request of the Inter-American Commission that the Court, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention, require the State to: a) […] immediately adopt all such security and control measures as are necessary to preserve the life and physical integrity of the detainees held in […] the Uribana Prison, of the people who may be detained in such prison in the future, and of the visitors to the prison; b) […] staff the Uribana Prison with adequate and properly trained prison guards to prevent new events of violence from happening; c) […] carry out serious, thorough and timely investigations of the acts of violence that took place inside the prison […]; identify those responsible and impose the applicable punishment with a view to deterring further events of violence; d) […] order, as one of the immediate measures, the separation of inmates whose trials are pending from those already convicted, and men from women, pursuant to the international rules on the matter; e) […] adopt all such measures as are necessary to increase the number of staff in charge of the internal security of the prison, assuring that the guards responsible for the custody and surveillance of the inmates are of the same sex as the inmates and that they receive appropriate training for performing their duties with scrupulous respect for human rights; f) […] immediately adopt measures aimed at reducing overcrowding and confiscating weapons and other illegal possessions kept in the prison; g) [provide] a full list of the names and surnames of the inmates and visitors who have died or been injured in […] the Uribana Prison since January 2006, including the dates and the circumstances surrounding the events, and a description of the medical treatment afforded the injured[; and] h) [provide] a full and up-to-date list of all the persons detained in […] the Uribana Prison, specifically indicating the area of the prison in which they are kept and the progress of their prosecutions. CONSIDERING: 1. That Venezuela has been a State Party to the American Convention since August 9, 1977 and, pursuant to Article 62 of the Convention, it acknowledged the Court’s contentious jurisdiction on June 24, 1981. 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention provides that, in “cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court may, in matters not yet submitted to it, adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent at the Commission’s request. 3. In this regard, Article 25 of the Rules provides that: [...] 2. With regard to matters not yet submitted to it, the Court may act at the request of the Commission. [...] 6. The beneficiaries of provisional measures or urgent measures ordered by the President may address their comments on the report made by the State directly to the Court. The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights shall present