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(supra having seen paragraph 12). Consequently, on the instructions of the President of the
Court, it requested the State, the Commission, Mr. Fleury and his representatives to
forward, by August 15, 2005, at the latest, any information they deemed relevant so that
the Court could assess the pertinence of maintaining the said measures.
15.
The brief of August 15, 2005, in which the Commission presented information in
response to the Secretariat’s request in the said note (supra having seen paragraph 14). In
this regard, it stated, inter alia, that it considered it pertinent to maintain the measures that
had been ordered.
16.
The Secretariat’s note of September 6, 2005, advising that it had not received any
information from the State, or from Mr. Fleury or his representatives, concerning its request
(supra having seen paragraph 16).
17.
The notes of the Secretariat of February 12, 2007, in which, on the instructions of
the President, it again asked the State, the Commission, and Mr. Fleury or his
representatives to submit relevant information by March 5, 2007, at the latest, so that the
Court could assess the pertinence of maintaining the said measures.
18.
The briefs of February 24, 26 and 28, 2007, in which Lysias Fleury and Jan
Hanssens, Director of the Commission Épiscopale Nationale Justice et Paix presented
information concerning the said measures in response to the Secretariat’s request (supra
having seen paragraph 17). In these briefs, they indicated, inter alia, that the State had not
adopted the measures ordered by the Court in favor of Mr. Fleury and that he had been
subjected to threats and surveillance; they also described some incidents in this regard. In
addition, they indicated that Mr. Fleury continued working “normally” for the Commission
Épiscopale Nationale Justice et Paix.
19.
The brief of March 5, 2007, presenting the Commission’s observations in response to
the Secretariat’s request (supra having seen paragraph 20), mentioned, inter alia, that it
“was unable to provide the Court with any additional or independent information with
regard to the incidents [described by Lysias Fleury]” and considered that it was pertinent to
maintain the said measures.
20.
The Secretariat’s note of March 14, 2007, advising that it had not received any
information from the State and, on the instructions of the President, requesting the State to
submit its observations on the briefs presented by Mr. Fleury, his representatives and the
Commission, as well as any other relevant information by March 28, 2007, at the latest, so
that the Court could assess the pertinence of maintaining the said measures.
21.
The Secretariat’s note of April 19, 2007, indicating that the information that the
State had been asked to provide had not been forwarded and, on the instructions of the
President, requesting the State to forward this information by April 27, 2007, at the latest.
22.
The Secretariat’s note of July 20, 2007, in which, on the instructions of the
President, it requested the Commission to inform the Court, by August 31, 2007, at the
latest, about the procedural status of this matter, which was being processing before it.
23.
The communication of August 30, 2007, in which the Commission advised that “the
Inter-American Commission was processing the merits stage of case No. 12,459.”