5 a. The communication of July 17, 1998, received in the Secretariat of the Court on July 21, 1998, in which the Commission, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure, submitted a request for the amplification of the provisional measures adopted by the Court in the James, Briggs, Noel, Garcia and Bethel Cases, to include Denny Baptiste, whose Case (11.840) is currently pending before the Commission against Trinidad and Tobago. In this communication, the Commission requested the Court to order that the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago take the measures necessary to stay the execution of Mr. Denny Baptiste until such time as the Commission has had the opportunity to examine and decide Case No. 11.840, in accordance with the norms and procedures specified in the American Convention and the applicable Regulations. and set out the facts, which are summarized as follows: i) the petition on behalf of Denny Baptiste was presented to the Commission on November 17, 1997, and a supplementary complaint was filed on December 12, 1997. These were transmitted to the State on November 24, 1997 and January 12, 1998, respectively; ii) the Commission opened the Case on November 24, 1997, and requested the State to respond to the allegations in the petition within 90 days and to provide precautionary measures, by staying the execution of Mr. Baptiste until such time as the Commission has had the opportunity to examine this case and to issue its decision; iii) the State responded to the Commission’s request for information on January 16, 1998. It informed the Commission, inter alia, that the Instructions “are deemed to apply to the communication of Denny Baptiste”; [Instructions Relating to Applications from persons under Sentence of Death issued by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago on October 13, 1997]; iv) at no time did the State respond to the Commission’s request for precautionary measures; and v) according to the Commission, the six month period, set forth under the Instructions, expired on July 16, 1998. No warrant of execution has yet been issued in Mr. Baptiste’s case. b. The Order of the President of July 22, 1998, in which he amplified the provisional measures in favor of Denny Baptiste, and decided: 1. To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the life and physical integrity of Denny Baptiste, 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.