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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.
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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
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