5 15. The application submitted by the Commission on 22 February 2000 against Trinidad and Tobago, with respect to the Cases of George Constantine, Wenceslaus James, Denny Baptiste, Clarence Charles, Keiron Thomas, Anthony Garcia, Wilson Prince, Darrin Roger Thomas, Mervyn Edmund, Samuel Winchester, Martin Reid, Rodney Davis, Gangaleen Tahaloo, Noel Seepersad, Wayne Matthews, Alfred Frederick, Natasha De Leon, Vijay Mungroo, Phillip Chotolal, Naresh Boodram, Joey Ramiah, Nigel Mark, Wilberforce Bernard and Steve Mungroo, beneficiaries of the Provisional Measures ordered by the Inter-American Court. 16. The communication of 13 July 2000 of the Inter-American Commission in which it informed the Court that, on 13 June 2000, it had approved Confidential Consolidated Report No. 53/00 in accordance with Article 50 of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention,”) with respect to Peter Benjamin, Krishandath Seepersad, Allan Phillip, Narine Sooklal, Amir Mowlah, Mervyn Parris and Francis Mansingh, all protected by the Provisional Measures ordered by the Court, and that said Report had been transmitted to the State on 7 July 2000. 17. The failure of the State to comply with the Orders of the Court of 14 June 1998, 29 August 1998, 25 May 1999, 27 May 1999 and 25 September 1999. CONSIDERING: 1. That Trinidad and Tobago has been a State Party to the American Convention since 28 May 1991, and that it recognised the jurisdiction of the Court on the same day. 2. That the State gave notice of its denunciation of the Convention to the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States on 26 May 1998, and that, pursuant to Article 78(1) of the said Convention, the denunciation became effective on 26 May 1999. 3. That Article 63(2) of the Convention provides that [i]n cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court shall adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters it has under consideration. With respect to a case not yet submitted to the Court, it may act at the request of the Commission. 4. That, pursuant to Article 25 (1) of the Rules of Procedure, [a]t any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. 5. That Article 1(1) of the American Convention specifies the obligations of the States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognised in said treaty and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction, the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms. 6. That, in conformity with Article 78(2) of the American Convention, the denunciation made by Trinidad and Tobago does not have the effect of releasing it