Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 3, 2009 Provisional Measures Regarding the State of Trinidad and Tobago Case of James et al. Having Seen: 1. The Order of June 14, 1998, issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court,” “the Court,” or “the Tribunal”), in which it decided, inter alia: 1. [t]o order Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the life and physical integrity of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs, Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia[,] and Christopher Bethel, so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the Inter-American system. […] 2. The Order of the Court of August 29, 1998, in which it decided, inter alia: […] 2. [t]o order Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the life and physical integrity of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs, Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia, Christopher Bethel, Darrin Rogers Thomas, Haniff Hilaire, and Denny Baptiste so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the Inter-American system. […] 3. The communication of September 1, 1998, in which the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (hereinafter “the State” or “Trinidad and Tobago”) informed that it would “not be consulting with the Commission or the Court any further [on] these matters.” 4. The Court’s Annual Report of 1998, in which, “in accordance with Article 65 of the American Convention, [it] inform[ed] the General Assembly of the Organization of American States that the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights, ha[d] not complied with its decision regarding the provisional measures adopted in the James et al. Case, and as a result request[ed] that the General Assembly urge that the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago comply with the Orders of the Court.”