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mechanisms available so that the prisoners may be informed of their rights and make
complaints or requests accordingly.
17.
That it is essential that the provisional measures are maintained in full force and
effect until the Court orders their discontinuance and serves notice thereof upon the
State10.
Therefore:
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
by virtue of the authority granted by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human
Rights and Article 25 and 29 of its Rules of Procedure,
Decides:
1.
To repeat that the State must maintain the measures that it has already adopted, as
well as immediately adopt complementary measures as may be necessary to effectively and
definitively prevent the loss of lives and injuries to the physical, psychological, and moral
integrity of all persons detained within the Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary
Centre (the Yare Prison), of all persons who in the future may be held as inmates within the
prison, as well as those who are employed therein and of those who enter the prison as
visitors, pursuant to the Order of the Court issued on March 30, 2006 in this matter.
2.
To order the State to inform on the means and mechanisms available so that the
people held in custody in the Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Centre may be
informed of their rights and make complaints or requests accordingly.
3.
To repeat that the State must carry out all appropriate actions in order to inform the
representatives of the beneficiaries of these provisional measures of the State’s progress in
fulfilling the measures. In this regard, the State should facilitate the entry of the
representatives of the beneficiaries of these provisional measures to the Yare I and Yare II
Capital Region Penitentiary Centre (the Yare Prison).
4.
To order the State to present a report on the measures adopted to comply with this
Order, as well as the Order of March 30, 2006, no later than February 15, 2008.
to any other inspecting officer without the director or other members of the staff being present. (3) Every prisoner
shall be allowed to make a request or complaint, without censorship as to substance but in proper form, to the
central prison administration, the judicial authority or other proper authorities through approved channels. 4)
Unless it is evidently frivolous or groundless, every request or complaint shall be promptly dealt with and replied to
without undue delay
10
Cf. Matter of Liliana Ortega et al. Provisional Measures Order of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, of December 1, 2005; Considering Clause ten. Matter of Monagas Judicial Confinement Center ("La Pica")
Provisional Measures, supra note 1; considering clause 21 and Matter of Pueblo indígena de Kankuamo.
Provisional Measures Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, of January 30, 2007; Considering clause
fourteen.
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