JOINT SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGES A. A. CANÇADO TRINDADE AND M. E. VENTURA-ROBLES 1. We have concurred in our Opinions with the adoption on this date by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of the orders in the Matters of García-Uribe et al regarding Mexico, and Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Center regarding Venezuela. However, we must express our concern for the relevance of the events reported which involve, in the first case, the publicly known and flagrant killing of women in Ciudad Juárez and, in the second case, the conditions of imprisonment and alleged murders at Yare prison in Venezuela. 2. Had all the requirements set forth in the Convention been met, all necessary requests been recorded and proceedings on the corresponding cases been initiated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Inter-American Court would have had the chance to duly evaluate the related requests for provisional protection measures in both cases. We highlight the importance of the rule of law, both in the domestic and international context, to guarantee an efficient protection, particularly regarding such an extremely urgent and serious situation. Therefore, we believe that the Inter-American Commission should now redress said omission so that the InterAmerican Court may proceed to analyze the requests for provisional protection measures in both cases and, if necessary, extend protection thereunder as required. Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Judge Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Judge Pablo Saavedra-Alessandri Secretary