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1.
To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures
necessary to preserve the lives of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs,
Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia and Christopher Bethel, so that the Court may
examine the pertinence of the provisional measures requested by the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights.
2.
To require the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to inform the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights by June 5, 1998, on the measures taken in
compliance with this Order, as well as its observations on the measures
requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights so that this
information can be studied by the Court.
3.
To submit the request of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, this Order, and the report that will be presented by the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago for the consideration of the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights during its XL Regular Session, to be held from June 8 to 19,
1998.
4.
The Order of the Court of June 14, 1998, by which it ratified the Order of the
President of May 27, 1998, and decided:
1.
To order Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to
preserve the life and physical integrity of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs,
Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia and Christopher Bethel, so as not to hinder
the processing of their cases before the Inter-American system.
2.
To order Trinidad and Tobago to submit a report by June 30, 1998, on
the measures taken in compliance with this Order, and to require the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on this
report within fifteen days of its receipt.
3.
To summon Trinidad and Tobago and the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights to a public hearing on this matter at the seat of the Court
on August 28, 1998, at 10:00 a.m.
5.
The communication of the Inter-American Commission of January 10, 2002, in which
it submitted to the Court significant information regarding developments in the
circumstances of Anderson Noel (Case No. 11,854) and Christopher Bethel (Case No.
11,857), two of the persons protected by the Provisional Measures, pursuant to the Orders
of the Court of June 14, 1998, August 29, 1998, May 25, 1999, August 16, 2000, and
November 24, 2000.
6.
The aforementioned communication (supra 5), in which the Commission submitted
information concerning Anderson Noel and Christopher Bethel and stated that
by communication dated December 18, 2001, which was received by the
Commission on December 26, 2001, the Petitioners for Anderson Noel
informed the Commission that on November 12, 2001 Mr. Noel was convicted
of manslaughter following his retrial and sentenced to four years of
imprisonment.