5 [n]o provision of this Convention shall be interpreted as: a. permitting any State Party, group, or person to suppress the enjoyment or exercise of the rights and freedoms recognised in this Convention or to restrict them to a greater extent than is provided for herein[.] 12. That, should the State execute the alleged victims, it would create an irremediable situation and would be incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention. 13. That the State’s denunciation of the Convention, pursuant to Article 78 of said instrument, does not affect the jurisdiction of either the Court or the Commission to consider the alleged acts, occurring in whole or in part, before May 26, 1999, the day in which the State’s denunciation of the Convention entered into force. NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To ratify the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 25, 2001. 2. To require Trinidad and Tobago to adopt all measures necessary to preserve the life and personal integrity of Balkissoon Roodal, Sheldon Roach, Arnold Ramlogan, Beemal Ramnarace and Takoor Ramcharan, so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights. 3. To require the State of Trinidad and Tobago to report every thirty days on the implementation of the Provisional Measures ordered in favour of Balkissoon Roodal, Sheldon Roach, Arnold Ramlogan, Beemal Ramnarace, and Takoor Ramcharan and to require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on these reports to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within fifteen days of receipt. 4. 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 Balkissoon Roodal, Sheldon Roach, Arnold Ramlogan, Beemal Ramnarace and Takoor Ramcharan.

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