3 (Case No. 12.043), Commission. whose Cases are currently pending before the b. The aforesaid communication, in which the Commission requested the Court to order the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago [to] take the measures necessary to stay the execution of the above named 19 (rectius 20) prisoners until such time as the Commission has had the opportunity to examine and decide their cases in accordance with the norms and procedures specified in the American Convention and its Regulations. c. The arguments presented by the Commission, to the effect that: i. there are 19 petitions currently pending before the Commission involving 20 persons subject to “mandatory death sentences” under Trinidad and Tobago law, whose Cases have not been submitted for examination under any other procedure of international investigation or settlement to any other international organisation, and in respect of whom Provisional Measures have not been requested or ordered; ii. in each Case, the petition states facts that tend to establish a violation of the rights guaranteed under the Convention, and some of them challenge the compatibility of the mandatory nature of the death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago with the State’s obligations under the Convention, as well as the adequacy of due process afforded to the persons who have been sentenced to death; iii. pursuant to Article 29(2) of its Regulations, the Commission requested precautionary measures in each of these Cases, with no response from the State; iv. the State’s denunciation of the Convention, pursuant to Article 78 of the said instrument, becomes effective on or about 26 May 1999; v. the Commission has not had the opportunity to complete its examination of these complaints and to issue the relevant decisions, and that, given these circumstances, it considers that the execution of the 20 persons would render any eventual decision of the Commission moot, in terms of the efficacy of potential remedies, causing irreparable harm to the persons to whom the sentences and complaints relate. d. The Order of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) of 11 May 1999, in which he adopted urgent measures and required the State to take all measures necessary to preserve the lives of Wilberforce Bernard, Naresh Boodram, Joey Ramiah, Clarence Charles, Phillip Chotolal, George Constantine, Rodney Davis, Natasha De Leon, Mervyn Edmund, Alfred Frederick, Nigel Mark, Wayne Matthews, Steve Mungroo, Vijay Mungroo, Wilson Prince, Martin Reid, Noel Seepersad, Gangaleen Tahaloo, Keiron Thomas and