2 2. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment or treatment. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. Article 48 ... 1.d . . . If the record has not been closed, the Commission shall, with the knowledge of the parties, examine the matter set forth in the petition or communication in order to verify the facts. If necessary and advisable, the Commission shall carry out an investigation, for the effective conduct of which it shall request, and the states concerned shall furnish to it, all necessary facilities. 4. The Commission's request is also founded upon the request made by its President on August 18, 1992, for precautionary measures pursuant to Article 29 of the Commission's Regulations, "in relation to those persons deprived of their liberty for allegedly committing terrorist acts." Moreover, the President of the Commission stated that if the necessary measures were not adopted within 10 days, "the request for provisional measures might be presented to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights." The precautionary measures requested by the Commission were the following: 1. That the Government of Perú authorize the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to carry out an inspection of the Yanamayo Jail in the Departament of Puno. 2. That the Government of Perú authorize the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to interview the persons who are deprived of their liberty in that prison. 3. That the Government of Perú authorize the visits of family members and lawyers to that and other detention centers and that it permit the provision of clothing, medicine, shelter and the instruments of hygiene that would allow the prisoners to care for their vital needs. 4. That the Government of Perú provide the necessary medical attention to those who are sick and that they be transferred to places where they can receive the necessary medical care. 5. That the Government of Perú adopt measures to separate prisoners who are members of opposing armed groups in order to avoid violence that may place their life or integrity of their persons in danger. 6. That the Government of Perú send the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights the official list of persons who died or disappeared since the events of the prison "Miguel Castro Castro", of those who were wounded, and of the whereabouts of those transferred. 5. The facts the Commission considered in requiring the Government to adopt precautionary measures, and subsequently in asking the Court for provisional measures, are the following; a. The existence of "credible evidence of a grave situation in the Peruvian prisons" Miguel Castro Castro, Santa Mónica, Cristo Rey and Yanamayo, which poses "an immediate danger to the right to integrity of the person of those accused and sentenced for terrorism because of the poor conditions in which they are imprisoned." The Commission has received information that in those prisons there is "a high incidence of diseases," loss of weight, overcrowding, isolation and psychological and emotional problems among