8 operative paragraphs six, seven, eight, nine, and ten of the judgment on reparations. In this regard, they pointed out that “it is the understanding of the Commission, through its communication with the representatives, that they fully agree regarding compliance with the aforementioned obligations and the modes of compliance” and that mechanisms for their implementation have respected the orders of the Court. Therefore, the Commission stated its “opinion that it [wa]s pertinent to deem that the State has complied with said obligations.” Regarding the other obligations of the State, the Commission deemed that oversight of compliance should continue until the State has fully complied with them. WHEREAS: 1. Oversight of compliance with its decisions is an authority inherent to the judicial functions of the Court. 2. Venezuela has been a State party to the American Convention since August 9, 1977 and it accepted the adjudicatory jurisdiction of the Court on June 24, 1981. 3. In view of the final and unappealable nature of the judgments of the Court, pursuant to Article 67 of the American Convention, the State must fully and promptly comply with them. 4. Article 68(1) of the American Convention sets forth that “[t]he States Parties to the Convention undertake to comply with the judgment of the Court in any case to which they are parties.” The treaty obligations of the States Parties are binding for all branches or bodies of the State. 5. The obligation to comply with the orders issued by the Court in its rulings is in accordance with a basic principle of Law regarding the international responsibility of the State, backed by international jurisprudence, according to which the States must carry out their international treaty obligations in good faith (pacta sunt servanda) and, as this Court has stated and is set forth in Article 27 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, they may not refuse to undertake the international responsibility already set forth by arguing domestic reasons.1 The treaty obligations of the States Party are binding for all the branches and bodies of the State. 6. The States Party to the Convention must ensure compliance with the treaty provisions and their effective application (effet utile) in their respective domestic legal systems. This principle applies not only to substantive provisions of the human rights treaties (that is, those containing provisions regarding the rights protected), but also with respect to the procedural provisions, such as those pertaining to compliance with the decisions of the Court. These obligations must be interpreted and applied in a manner that ensures that the right protected is truly practical and 2 effective, taking into account the special nature of human rights treaties. 1 See Matters of: Liliana Ortega et al., Luisiana Ríos et al., Luis Uzc��tegui, Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez. Provisional Measures. May 4, 2004 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Whereas seven; Case of Baena-Ricardo et al., supra note 1, para. 128; and Case of Barrios Altos. Compliance with Judgment. November 28, 2003 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Whereas six. 2 See Matters of: Liliana Ortega et al., Luisiana Ríos et al., Luis Uzcátegui, Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez. Provisional Measures. May 4, 2004 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights,