2 Report No. 5/95 of February 15, 1995. The case originated with a petition (No. 11.219) against Guatemala, lodged with the Secretariat of the Commission on November 18, 1993. 3. On April 16, 1997, Guatemala “accept[ed] international human rights responsibility, for delay in the application of justice until the year nineteen hundred and ninety-five (1995).” 4. On January 24, 1998, the Court rendered a judgment on the merits of the case in which: 1. it declar[ed] that the State of Guatemala violated, to the detriment of the relatives of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake, the judicial guarantees set forth in Article 8(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of the same, in the terms established in paragraphs 96 and 97 of [said] judgment. 2. it declar[ed] that the State of Guatemala violated, to the detriment of the relatives of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake, the right to humane treatment enshrined in Article 5 of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) of the same, in the terms established in paragraphs 112, 114, 115 and 116 of [said] judgment. 3. it declar[ed] that the State of Guatemala is obliged to use all the means at its disposal to investigate the acts denounced and punish those responsible for the disappearance and death of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake. 4. it declar[ed] that the State of Guatemala is obliged to pay a fair compensation to the relatives of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake and reimburse them for the expenses incurred in their representations to the Guatemalan authorities in connection with this process. 5. it order[ed] that the reparations stage be opened. III PROCEEDINGS AT THE REPARATIONS STAGE 5. On January 24, 1998, the Inter-American Court, in compliance with its judgment of that date, decided: 1. To grant the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights until March 13, 1998, to submit a brief and any evidence that it may have in its possession for the purpose of determining the compensation and expenses in this case. 2. To grant the family members of Nicholas Chapman Blake or their representatives until March 13, 1998, to submit a brief and any evidence that they may have in their possession for the purpose of determining the compensation and expenses in this case. 3. To grant the State of Guatemala until May 4, 1998, to make its observations about the briefs that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and the relatives or their representatives submit pursuant to the preceding paragraphs. 6. On March 2, 1998, the relatives of Mr. Nicholas Blake asked the Court to extend the deadline set by this Court in its January 24, 1998 Resolution for one month to allow them to submit a brief on reparations.