CONCURRING OPINION OF JUDGE A. A. CANÇADO TRINDADE
I concur with the decision of the Court. I understand that at this stage an express clarification
should have been added to the effect that the faculty reserved by the Court, in item 4 of the
judgment, also extends to examining and deciding upon the request made by the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (point 5) as to the incompatibility or otherwise of sections 2 and 3
of Article 54 of the Code of Military Justice of Venezuela with the object and purpose of the
American Convention on Human Rights.
Antônio A. Cançado Trindade
Judge
Manuel E. Ventura-Robles
Secretary