4 b. c. 7. Creation of an Ad Hoc Investigation Committee: a. b. c. 8. Investigations on the incidents of violence that took place in the Mendoza Prison and Gustavo André penitentiary unit; and Full compliance with the obligation on the part of Judges, Prosecutors and Official Defense Attorneys to visit —on a periodic basis— prisons with untried or convicted prisoners the responsibility for whom vests with the judiciary body under the charge of said officials. The Committee shall be in charge of investigating the incidents of violence and death that took place in the prisons located in the Province of Mendoza from January 2004 to date; The Committee shall be created as a special, independent and impartial unit; it shall carry on activities within the framework of principles of efficient prevention and investigation of extralegal, arbitrary or summary executions, as per recommendations stated in resolution 1989/65 of United Nations Economic and Social Council, dated May 24, 1989; and The Committee shall be composed by members appointed by the national government and the provincial government pursuant to the foregoing guidelines. Reinforcement of the Follow-up Committee: The number of members of the follow-up committee created in November 2004, composed by the national government, the government of Mendoza, Senator Marita Perceval, the Supreme Court of Justice in and for the Province and the petitioners, shall be increased in order to broaden the committee’s operating horizons, assessing the possibility to appoint to the committee the National Ministry of the Interior, the Cabinet Chief Office and the Secretariat of Justice reporting to the National Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. 9. Assistance and Cooperation: The National Government undertakes to provide the Province of Mendoza with assistance and resources needed to implement the measures established in this document. 6. Order of the Court of June 18, 2005, wherein the Court resolved: 1. to request once again that the State keep in full force and effect the provisional measures adopted by virtue of the Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights dated November 22, 2004, and that the State order forthwith those measures needed to efficiently protect the life and integrity of all persons held in custody in the Mendoza Provincial Prison and the Gustavo André Unit, located in Lavalle, as well as all other persons found within the premises. Among the measures to be adopted by the State are the ones described in the agreement signed by the Inter-American Commission, the representatives of the beneficiaries of the measures and the State [(supra Having Seen Clause No. 5)]. 2. To request that the State continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human Rights —every two month next following its latest report— on the actions taken in compliance with all issues ordered by the Inter-American Court, and request the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures ordered and the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to submit their comments to said State’s reports within a term of four weeks and six weeks, respectively, next following receipt of the referenced State’s reports. 7. The submission dated June 21, 2005, wherein the representatives filed a document entitled “report on the visit of June 13, 2005, to the Mendoza Prison and request for a visit of the Inter-American Commission to said penitentiary.” 8. The submission dated June 22, 2005, in which the representatives reported the alleged death of the inmate Ricardo David Videla.

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