6 (Clarence Charles), 11,853 (Keiron Thomas), 11,855 (Anthony Garcia), 12,005 (Wilson Prince), 12,042 (Mervyn Edmund), 12,052 (Martin Reid), 12,072 (Rodney Davis), 12,073 (Gangadeen Tahaloo), 12,075 (Noel Seepersad), 12,082 (Alfred Frederick), 12,093 (Natasha De Leon), 12,111 (Vijay Mungroo), 12,112 (Phillip Chotalal), 12,129 (Joey Ramiah and Naresh Boodram), 12,137 (Nigel Mark) and 12,140 (Wilberforce Bernard), on various dates between December 1997 and October 1999, and in the remaining four (12,021; 12,043; 12,076 and 12,141), the State did not provide the Commission with any observations respecting the petitions. In the 19 cases in which the State delivered a response, the Commission decided to transmit the pertinent parts to the petitioners, in accordance with Article 34(7) of its Rules of Procedure, and requested their comments. 5) In 18 cases, the petitioners delivered comments on the State’s response. The Commission transmitted these communications to the State and requested a reply. In two cases, 11,814 (Wenceslaus James) and 11,840 (Denny Baptiste), the State delivered replies to the petitioners’ observations. 6) In eight cases, 11,814 (Wenceslaus James), 11,840 (Denny Baptiste), 11,853 (Keiron Thomas), 11,855 (Anthony Garcia), 12,005 (Wilson Prince), 12,021 (Darrin Roger Thomas), 12,042 (Mervyn Edmund), and 12,129 (Naresh Boodram and Joey Ramiah), the Commission received supplementary materials from the petitioners and transmitted the pertinent parts to the State. In two cases, 11,840 (Denny Baptiste) and 11,853 (Keiron Thomas), the State delivered responses to the petitioners’ supplementary submissions. In both cases, the Commission transmitted the pertinent parts of the State’s response to the petitioners, and the petitioners presented observations on the State’s response. 7) During its 103rd Period of Sessions, the Commission scheduled oral hearings in several cases involving condemned prisoners, which the State did not attend. During the abovementioned period of sessions, the petitioners in cases 11,787 (George Constantine), 11,840 (Denny Baptiste), 12,005 (Wilson Prince), 12,021 (Darrin Roger Thomas), 12,042 (Mervyn Edmund), 12,043 (Samuel Winchester), 12,072 (Rodney Davis), and 12,075 (Noel Seepersad) presented the Commission with a joint submission, dated March 17, 1999. By communication dated April 15, 1999, the Commission transmitted the petitioners’ additional submissions to the State and requested its observations. 8) Between May 1998 and March 1999, the Commission adopted Reports Nos. 36/98, 62/98, 45/98, 35/99, 36/99, and 37/99, in the cases 11,814; 11,840; 11,855; 12,005; 12,042 and 12,052. In these reports the Commission declared these petitions to be admissible. 9) On November 19, 1999, the Commission adopted Report No. 128/99, in accordance with Article 50 of the Convention, and transmitted it to the State on November 22, of the same year. In this report, the Commission determined that the remaining seventeen cases were admissible2 and, in the operative part of the report, 2 The remaining 17 cases correspond to the numbers: 11,787 (George Constantine), 11,851 (Clarence Charles), 11,853 (Keiron Thomas), 12,021 (Darrin Roger Thomas), 12,043 (Samuel Winchester), 12,072 (Rodney Davis), 12,073 (Gangadeen Tahaloo), 12,075 (Noel Seepersad), 12,076 (Wayne Matthews), 12,082 (Alfred Frederick), 12,093 (Natasha De Leon), 12,111 (Vijay Mungroo), 12,112 (Phillip Chotalal), 12,129 (Joey Ramiah y Naresh Boodram), 12,137 (Nigel Mark), 12,140 (Wilberforce Bernard) and 12,141 (Steve Mungroo).