8 Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic, in San José, Costa Rica, this eighth day of March 1998. Hernán Salgado-Pesantes President Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Héctor Fix-Zamudio Alejandro Montiel-Argüello Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Alirio Abreu-Burelli Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary