10 murder do not fall within the competence of the Court, it maintains its jurisdiction over the effects and actions subsequent to the date on which Guatemala accepted the competence of the Court. XI Now, therefore, THE COURT, DECIDES: unanimously 1. That the first objection is partially founded and to declare itself incompetent to decide on Guatemala's alleged responsibility for the detention and death of Mr. Nicholas Chapman Blake. 2. To continue to hear the case with regard to the effects and acts that occurred after the date on which Guatemala accepted the competence of the Court. 3. To dismiss the second and third objections on the grounds of inadmissibility. Judge Cançado Trindade informed the Court of his Separate Opinion, and Judge NovalesAguirre of his individual concurring opinion, both of which are attached hereto. Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic. Read at a public session at the seat of the Court in San José, Costa Rica, this second day of July, 1996. Héctor Fix-Zamudio President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Alejandro Montiel-Argüello Oliver Jackman Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Alfonso Novales-Aguirre Judge ad hoc Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary