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1.
To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures
necessary to preserve the lives of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs,
Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia and Christopher Bethel, so that the Court may
examine the pertinence of the provisional measures requested by the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights.
2.
To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to inform the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights by June 5, 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 submit the request of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, this Order, and the report that will be presented by the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago for the consideration of the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights during its XL Regular Session, to be held from June 8 to 19,
1998.
c.
The report of the State of June 5, 1998, which was submitted in accordance with the
Order of the President of May 27, 1998.
d.
The Order of the Court of June 14, 1998, by which it ratified the Order of the President
of May 27, 1998, and decided:
1.
To order Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to
preserve the life and physical integrity of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs,
Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia and Christopher Bethel, so as not to hinder the
processing of their cases before the Inter-American system.
2.
To order Trinidad and Tobago to submit a report by June 30, 1998, on
the measures taken in compliance with this Order, and to require the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on this
report within fifteen days of its receipt.
3.
To summon Trinidad and Tobago and the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights to a public hearing on this matter at the seat of the Court on
August 28, 1998, at 10:00 a.m.
e.
The report of the State of June 30, 1998, which was submitted in accordance with the
Order of the Court of June 14, 1998.
f.
The observations of the Commission on the report by the State of June 30, 1998, which
were submitted on July 17, 1998, in accordance with the Order of the Court of June 14, 1998.
2.
In reference to the matter of Darrin Roger Thomas:
a.
The communication of June 26, 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 Darrin Roger Thomas, whose Case (12.021) 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 Darrin Roger Thomas until such time as the Commission has had
the opportunity to examine and decide Case 12.021, 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 Darrin Roger Thomas was presented to the
Commission on March 28, 1998;
ii)
the Commission acknowledged receipt of that communication to the petitioner
by means of a note dated April 1, 1998, and placed it under study;