-3- b) Mr. Rodríguez-Lara “cannot leave the cellblock in [which] he is housed, […] he is confined 24 hours a day[, and does not] have access to any work, educational or recreational activity,” and c) none of them receive direct sunlight during the day, “[t]he ventilation in [their] cells is inadequate and overcrowding is a constant problem.” Based on the foregoing, the representatives requested the Court, inter alia, to order the State to “adopt such measures as may be necessary for the beneficiaries to be held under decent prison conditions, in accordance with international standards,” and to "allow audiovisual material as evidence of the current prison conditions facing the beneficiaries.” 7. The brief of the State of November 30, 2006, stating, inter alia, that: a) the Corte Suprema de Justicia (Guatemalan Supreme Court of Justice) rendered a decision on February 15, 2005, ordering “the temporary stay of execution of the death sentences imposed on the beneficiaries; b) on October 5, 2006, the “Ley del Régimen Penitenciario” (Prison System Law) was enacted and, on November 28, 2006, the “Reglamento Interno de las Granjas Modelo de Rehabilitación y Cumplimiento de Condenas a Cargo de la Dirección General del Sistema Penitenciario” (Internal Rules of the Model Farms for Rehabilitation and Service of Sentence under the Prison System General Office) were adopted for the purpose of enhancing prison conditions; c) Mr. Rodríguez-Lara has suffered from common diseases, such as fever and the flu and from stress. He was examined by “the center’s nurse on duty” and received treatment. “[H]e has a good relationship with his fellow inmates as well as with the prison staff;” d) Mr. Ruiz-Almengor is “in good health[,] he only suffers from stress and mild anxiety due to confinement. He is held in a solitary confinement room of approximately 1.5 meters wide by 5 meters long in sector 11 and […] has a small yard. He spends the day in that yard and, at night, he stays in the solitary confinement room,” and e) “the State does not object to maintaining” the provisional measures ordered in favor of the beneficiaries. 8. The communication of the Commission of December 14, 2006, whereby, after having been granted an extension, the Commission submitted its comments on the State report (supra Having Seen clause No. 5). In that regard, the Commission reiterated its position “on the importance for the courts of criminal sentence execution in charge of the execution of [Messrs.] Rodríguez-Lara and Ruiz-Almengor’s sentences to adopt provisional measures by means of court orders so as to ensure full compliance with the provisional measures ordered by the Court.” In relation to prison conditions, the Commission stated that “the State itself indicates that prison conditions are poor and that there is overcrowding and lack of basic furnishings, such as beds for the beneficiaries.” 9. The communication of the representatives of December 13, 2006, whereby they submitted their comments on the last report filed by the State (supra Having Seen

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