3 iii) on June 26, 1998, the Commission received written notification from the petitioners that the preceding day Mr. Thomas had been informed that he was to be hanged on June 30, 1998, at 6:00 a.m.; and iv) having established that the petitioners had presented elements sufficient to meet the requirements of the Convention and its Regulations, the Commission opened Case 12.021 on June 26, 1998, and requested Trinidad and Tobago to present the respective information. b. The Order of the President of June 29, 1998, in which he amplified the provisional measures to include Darrin Roger Thomas, and decided: 1. To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the life of Darrin Roger Thomas, so that the Court may examine the pertinence of the request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to amplify the provisional measures adopted in the James, Briggs, Noel, Garcia and Bethel Cases. 2. To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to submit an urgent communication to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by June 29, 1998, on the measures taken in compliance with this Order, as well as its observations on the measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, so that this information can be studied by the Court. 3. To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations on the urgent communication submitted by the State within two days of the receipt of said document. 4. To submit the request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, this Order, and the urgent communication that will be presented by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for the consideration of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during the related hearing to be held on August 28, 1998, at its XLI Regular Session. c. The report of the State of June 29, 1998, which was submitted in accordance with the Order of the President of June 29, 1998, and an additional report from the State submitted on July 8, 1998. d. The observations of the Commission on the report by the State of June 29, 1998, which were submitted on July 2, 1998, in accordance with the Order of the President of June 29, 1998. 3. In reference to the matter of Haniff Hilaire: a. The communication of July 10, 1998, in which the Commission submitted to the Court, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure, a request for the amplification of the provisional measures adopted by the Court in the James, Briggs, Noel, Garcia and Bethel Cases, to include Haniff Hilaire, whose Case (11.816) is currently pending before the Commission against Trinidad and Tobago. In this communication, the Commission requested the Court to order the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take provisional measures to stay the execution of Haniff Hilaire until such time as the Commission has had the opportunity to examine and decide Case 11.816, filed on his behalf, pursuant to the Convention and its Regulations. and set out the facts, which are summarized as follows: i) the petition on behalf of Haniff Hilaire was presented to the Commission on October 9, 1997;