44 established an opinio juris communis by exhibiting a general and repeated attitude of acceptance of the Court’s monitoring function (supra para. 102). 138. For the above reasons, this Court has the authority to continue monitoring full compliance with the judgment of February 2, 2001, in the Baena Ricardo et al. case. V OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 139. Therefore, THE COURT DECLARES unanimously, 1. That the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is competence to monitor compliance with its decisions. 2. That, in the exercise of its competence to monitor compliance with its decisions, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is authorized to request the responsible States to submit reports on the steps they have taken to implement the measures of reparation ordered by the Court, to assess the said reports, and to issue instructions and orders on compliance with its judgments. AND DECIDES unanimously, 3. To reject as inadmissible the State’s questioning of the competence of the Court to monitor compliance with its judgments. 4. To continue monitoring full compliance with the judgment of February 2, 2001, in the Baena Ricardo et al. case. 5. To notify this judgment to the State, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the victims or their legal representatives. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Sergio García-Ramírez Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Oliver Jackman