55 “to exercise their rights”. disputed act;36 Finally, it denied the request to suspend the q.iii) in judgment No. 12 of February 27, 1997 the Constitutional Panel of the Supreme Court of Justice granted the amparo application and ruled that the concession was unconstitutional as it “was not approved by the Regional Council [of the RAAN], but rather by its Board of Directors, and by the Regional Coordinator of the [RAAN]”, thus breaching article 181 of the Constitution of Nicaragua;37 q.iv) on January 22, 1998, Humberto Thompson Sang, a member of the Regional Council of the RAAN, submitted a brief to the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice, in which he requested execution of judgment No. 12 issued on February 27, 1997;38 q.v) on February 3, 1998, the Constitutional Panel of the Supreme Court of Justice issued an order to inform the President of the Republic that the Minister of MARENA had not complied with Judgment No. 12 of February 27, 1997, for the President to order that the Minister duly comply with that judgment, and the Court also ordered that the National Assembly be informed of this;39 q.vi) in an official letter of February 16, 1998, the Minister of MARENA informed the General Manager of SOLCARSA that he should order “the suspension of all actions” pertaining to the logging concession contract, since that contract had become “devoid of any effect or value”, in accordance with judgment No. 12 of February 27, 1997 by the Supreme Court of Justice; 40 r. Second amparo remedy filed by members of the Awas Tingni Community: r.i) on November 7, 1997, María Luisa Acosta Castellón, representing Benevicto Salomón Mclean, Siriaco Castillo Fenley, Orlando Salomón Felipe 36 cfr. judgment No. 12, of February 27, 1997, by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua on the amparo remedy filed on March 29, 1997, before the Appellate Court of Matagalpa by Alfonso Smith Warman and Humberto Thompson Sang, members of the Regional Council of the RAAN, against Claudio Gutiérrez, Minister of MARENA, and Alejandro Láinez, Director of the National Forestry Administration of MARENA. 37 cfr. judgment No. 12, of February 27, 1997, by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua on the amparo remedy filed on March 29, 1997, before the Appellate Court of Matagalpa by Alfonso Smith Warman and Humberto Thompson Sang, members of the Regional Council of the RAAN, against Claudio Gutiérrez, Minister of MARENA, and Alejandro Láinez, Director of the National Forestry Administration of MARENA. 38 cfr. request for execution of judgment No. 12, of February 27, 1997 by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua, filed on January 22, 1998 at the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua by Humberto Thompson Sang, member of the Regional Council of the RAAN; and February 3, 1998 judgment by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua, regarding the request for execution of judgment filed by Humberto Thompson Sang, member of the Regional Council of the RAAN. 39 cfr. February 3, 1998 judgment by the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua, on the request for execution of judgment filed by Humberto Thompson Sang, member of the Regional Council of the RAAN. 40 cfr. official letter MN-RSV-02-0113.98 of February 16, 1998, by Roberto Stadhagen Minister of MARENA, to Michael Kang, General Manager of SOLCARSA. Vogl,