7 5) Likewise, in its closing arguments the Commission requested that the Court declare the international responsibility of the State of Trinidad and Tobago, by reason of the following: a) violation of Articles 4(1), 5(1), 5(2) and 8(1), in relation to the violation of Article 1(1), all of the American Convention, by sentencing all the alleged victims 3 to a "mandatory death penalty"; b) violation of the rights of Joey Ramiah (Case No. 12,129) protected under Articles 4(1), 5(1) and 5(2) of the Convention, in relation to a violation of Article 1(1) of the same, by executing Joey Ramiah pursuant to a "mandatory death penalty" while his petition to obtain the protection of his rights was pending before the inter-American human rights system; c) violation of the rights protected under Article 4(6) in relation to Article 1(1) of the Convention, by failing to provide the thirty-two alleged victims 4 with an effective right to apply for amnesty, pardon or commutation of sentence; d) violation of the right to be tried within a reasonable time and the right to a fair trial under Articles 7(5) and 8(1) of the Convention, in relation to Article 1(1), by reason of delays in the criminal proceedings of twenty-four of the alleged victims; 5 e) violation of the rights of twenty-three alleged victims 6 under Articles 25, 2 and 1(1) of the Convention for failing to adopt legislative or other 3 The 32 alleged victims are: Haniff Hilaire (Case No. 11,816), George Constantine (Case No. 11,787), Wenceslaus James (Case No. 11,814), Denny Baptiste (Case No. 11,840), Clarence Charles (Case No. 11,851), Keiron Thomas (Case No. 11,853), Anthony Garcia (Case No. 11,855), Wilson Prince (Case No. 12,005), Darrin Roger Thomas (Case No. 12,021), Mervyn Edmund (Case No. 12,042), Samuel Winchester (Case No. 12,043), Martin Reid (Case No. 12,052), Rodney Davis (Case No. 12,072), Gangadeen Tahaloo (Case No. 12,073), Noel Seepersad (Case No. 12,075), Wayne Matthews (Case No. 12,076), Alfred Frederick (Case No. 12,082), Natasha De Leon (Case No. 12,093), Vijay Mungroo (Case No. 12,111), Phillip Chotalal (Case No. 12,112), Naresh Boodram (Case No. 12,129), Joey Ramiah (Case No. 12,129), Nigel Mark (Case No. 12,137), Wilberforce Bernard (Case No. 12,140), Steve Mungroo (Case No. 12,141), Peter Benjamin (Case No. 12,148), Krishendath Seepersad (Case No. 12,149), Allan Phillip (Case No. 12,151), Narine Sooklal (Case No. 12,152), Amir Mowlah (Case No. 12,153), Mervyn Parris (Case No. 12,156 ), and Francis Mansingh (Case No. 12,157). 4 Supra note 3. 5 The twenty-four alleged victims are: Haniff Hilaire (Case No. 11,816), George Constantine (Case No. 11,787), Denny Baptiste (Case No. 11,840), Clarence Charles (Case No. 11,851), Wilson Prince (Case No. 12,005), Darrin Roger Thomas (Case No. 12,021), Mervyn Edmund (Case No. 12,042), Rodney Davis (Case No. 12,072), Gangadeen Tahaloo (Case No. 12,073), Noel Seepersad (Case No. 12,075), Wayne Matthews (Case No. 12,076), Alfred Frederick (Case No. 12,082), Natasha De Leon (Case No. 12,093), Vijay Mungroo (Case No. 12,111), Phillip Chotalal (Case No. 12,112), Nigel Mark (Case No. 12,137), Wilberforce Bernard (Case No. 12,140), Steve Mungroo (Case No. 12,141), Krishendath Seepersad (Case No. 12,149), Allan Phillip (Case No. 12,151), Narine Sooklal (Case No. 12,152), Amir Mowlah (Case No. 12,153), Mervyn Parris (Case No. 12,156), and Francis Mansingh (Case No. 12,157). 6 The twenty-three alleged victims are: George Constantine (Case No. 11,787), Denny Baptiste (Case No. 11,840), Clarence Charles (Case No. 11,851), Wilson Prince (Case No. 12,005), Darrin Roger Thomas (Case No. 12,021), Mervyn Edmund (Case No. 12,042), Rodney Davis (Case No. 12,072), Gangadeen Tahaloo (Case No. 12,073), Noel Seepersad (Case No. 12,075), Wayne Matthews (Case No. 12,076), Alfred Frederick (Case No. 12,082), Natasha De Leon (Case No. 12,093), Vijay Mungroo (Case No. 12,111), Phillip Chotalal (Case No. 12,112), Nigel Mark (Case No. 12,137), Wilberforce Bernard (Case No. 12,140), Steve Mungroo (Case No. 12,141), Krishendath Seepersad (Case No. 12,149), Allan Phillip