31 * 95. * Article 25(1) of the American Convention stipulates that: Everyone has the right to simple and prompt recourse, or any other effective recourse, to a competent court or tribunal for protection against acts that violate his fundamental rights recognized by the constitution or laws of the state concerned or by this Convention, even though such violation may have been committed by persons acting in the course of their official duties. 96. Article 7(6) of the American Convention determines that: Anyone who is deprived of his liberty shall be entitled to recourse to a competent court, in order that the court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his arrest or detention and order his release if the arrest or detention is unlawful. In States Parties whose laws provide that anyone who believes himself to be threatened with deprivation of his liberty is entitled to recourse to a competent court in order that it may decide on the lawfulness of such threat, this remedy may not be restricted or abolished. The interested party or another person in his behalf is entitled to seek these remedies. 97. On the other hand, Article 27 of the Convention stated that: 1. In time of war, public danger, or other emergency that threatens the independence or security of a State Party, it may take measures derogating from its obligations under the present Convention to the extent and for the period of time strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with its other obligations under international law and do not involve discrimination on the ground of race, color, sex, language, religion, or social origin. 2. The foregoing provision does not authorize any suspension of the following Articles: Article 3 (Right to Juridical Personality), Article 4 (Right to Life), Article 5 (Right to Humane Treatment), Article 6 (Freedom from Slavery), Article 9 (Freedom from Ex Post Facto Laws), Article 12 (Freedom of Conscience and Religion), Article 17 (Rights of the Family), Article 18 (Right to a Name), Article 19 (Rights of the Child), Article 20 (Right to Nationality), and Article 23 (Right to Participate in Government), or of the judicial guarantees essential for the protection of said rights. 98. During El Frontón mutiny, Supreme Orders No. 012-86-IN and No. 006-86JUS on June 2 and 19, 1986, respectively, were implemented in Peru, declaring the extension of the state of emergency in Lima and Callao provinces, and establishing them a Restricted Military Zone under of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces control, three penitentiaries, among them El Frontón, while the state of emergency lasted. 99. Regarding suspension of guarantees or state of emergency declarations in time of war, public danger, or other emergency cases, it is important to refer to Article 27 of the Inter-American Convention. The Court has stated that if suspension of guarantees has been duly decreed, and that "all action of public powers surpassing the limits that must be stated in the dispositions stating the state of exemption is illegal". 45 The limitations imposed to the obligations of the State respond to “the general requirement that in any state of emergency there be appropriate means to control the measures taken, so that they are proportionate to 45 Habeas Corpus under Guarantees Suspension, Advisory Opinion OC-8/87 January 30, 1987. Series A No. 8, para. 38.