6 18. Enactment of a law that is manifestly incompatible with the obligations undertaken by a State Party to the Convention is per se a violation of the Convention for which the State incurs international responsibility. The Court therefore considers that given the nature of the violation that amnesty laws No. 26479 and No. 26492 constitute, the effects of the decision in the judgment on the merits of the Barrios Altos Cases are general in nature, and the question put to the Court in the Commission’s request for interpretation must be so answered. VII Now, therefore, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to Article 67 of the Convention and Article 58 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, DECIDES unanimously: 1. That the request filed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking an interpretation of the March 14, 2001 judgment in the Barrios Altos Case is admissible. 2. That given the nature of the violation that amnesty laws No. 26479 and No. 26492 constitute, the decision in the judgment on the merits in the Barrios Altos Case has generic effects. Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic, in San José, Costa Rica, September 3, 2001. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Sergio García-Ramírez Alirio Abreu-Burelli Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary So ordered, Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President