8 request for provisional measures submitted by the Inter-American Commission must be rejected as inadmissible. 21. Independent of the decision in the present matter, the State maintains the constant and permanent duty to comply with its general obligations under Article 1(1) of the Convention to respect the rights and freedoms enshrined therein and to guarantee their free and full exercise to all persons subject to its jurisdiction.17 THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Articles 27 and 31 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To dismiss the request for provisional measures filed by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 2. To order that the Secretariat serve notice of the present Order on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Diego García-Sayán President Leonardo A. Franco Margarette May Macaulay Manuel E. Ventura Robles Rhadys Abreu Blondet 17 Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez. Provisional Measures regarding Honduras. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of January 15, 1988, Considering clause three; Case of Helen Mack Chang et al. Provisional Measures regarding Guatemala. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 16, 2009, Considering clause thirty-one; and Case of García Prieto et al. Provisional Measures regarding El Salvador. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of February 3, 2010, Considering clause fifteen.