4 ii) the Commission opened the Case on October 16, 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. Hilaire until such time as the Commission has had the opportunity to examine this case and to issue its decision; iii) at no time did the State respond to the Commission’s request for precautionary measures; and iv) the Commission affirmed that it was informed that a warrant of execution had been read to the condemned prisoner and that he was scheduled to be executed on July 14, 1998. b. The Order of the President of July 13, 1998, in which he amplified the provisional measures in favor of Haniff Hilaire and decided: 1. To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the life of Haniff Hilaire, 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 July 13, 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 InterAmerican 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 July 15, 1998, in response to the Order of the President of July 13, 1998. d. The observations of the Commission on the report by the State of July 15, 1998, which were submitted on July 17, 1998, in accordance with the Order of the President of July 13, 1998. 4. In reference to the matter of Denny Baptiste: