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[f]or the above mentioned reasons, the Court urges the State of Trinidad and Tobago to
comply with its Orders and “to take all measures necessary to preserve the life and
physical integrity of Anthony Briggs.”
12.
The note of 28 July 1999 in which the Commission informed the Court that,
on the same date, Trinidad and Tobago had executed Anthony Briggs.
13.
The communication of 29 July 1999 in which the State submitted its
observations on the execution of Anthony Briggs as follows:
a)
On 25 November 1998 the Inter-American Commission completed its
consideration of the Case of Anthony Briggs and transmitted the Article 50
Report to Trinidad and Tobago;
b)
the three month period allowed under the Convention and the Statute
of the Commission, during which the matter may be submitted either by the
State or the Commission to the Court, expired on 25 February 1999;
c)
on 3 March 1999 the Commission adopted its Article 51 Report, and
said report was published on or about 3 May 1999;
d)
the petition of Anthony Briggs was never submitted to the Court;
e)
the Order of the Court of 29 August 1998 was spent;
f)
after the Commission decided to publish its Article 51 Report, there
was no matter pending before the Commission, nor any matter pending
before the Court, nor any other matter capable of being submitted to the
Court; and
g)
after the Commission so decided, the Court had no power to adopt
provisional measures. The Court’s purported Order of 25 May 1999 was
made without jurisdiction and, therefore, was null.
14.
The Order of the Court of 25 September 1999, in which it decided
1.
To ratify the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights of 19 June 1999.
2.
To order Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the
life and physical integrity of Mervyn Parris and Francis Mansingh so as not to hinder the
processing of their [C]ases before the Inter-American system until the situation of
extreme gravity and urgency no longer persists in relation to these persons.
3.
To urge the State of Trinidad and Tobago to report every fifteen days on the
status of the appeals and scheduled executions of Mervyn Parris and Francis Mansingh
and to require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to send its observations
on these reports to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within two days of their
receipt.
4.
To urge the State of Trinidad and Tobago and the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights immediately of
any significant developments concerning the circumstances of Mervyn Parris and Francis
Mansingh.