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definitively prevent the loss of lives and injuries to the physical, psychological, and moral
integrity of all persons detained within the Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Centre
(the Yare Prison), of all persons who in the future may be held as inmates within the prison, as
well as those who are employed therein and of those who enter the prison as visitors, pursuant to
the Order of the Court issued on March 30, 2006 in [the] matter[.]
[…]
3.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of February 2, 2007, in the matter of
Penitentiary Center of the Central Occidental Region (Uribana Prison), by which it was
decided, inter alia:
1.
[T]o require that the State adopt forthwith and definitively all such provisional measures
as are necessary and effective to prevent the loss of lives and the harm to the physical, mental
and moral integrity of all persons deprived of liberty in the Uribana Prison, of all persons who
might be kept in prison in such penitentiary center in the future, of the people working there, and
of the visitors [, and]
2.
[T]o require that the State adopt, in addition to the measures to be adopted forthwith as
ordered in the above operative paragraph, all such measures as are appropriate to bring the
above-stated situation into line with the applicable international rules regarding the treatment of
persons deprived of liberty, in particular: (a) to confiscate the weapons kept by the inmates; (b)
to reduce overcrowding and improve detention conditions; (c) to provide adequate trained staff to
assure appropriate and effective control, custody and surveillance of the prison; (d) separate
male inmates from female inmates; (e) to separate untried prisoners from convicted prisoners,
and (f) to implement a system of continuous oversight of detention conditions.
[…]
4.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of February 8, 2008, in the matter of Capital
El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II Judicial Confinement Center (hereinafter, "The Rodeo"), by which
the Court decided, inter alia:
1.
To order the State to adopt the provisional measures necessary to protect the life and
personal integrity of all the people confined in [El Rodeo], especially, in order to prevent injuries
and violent deaths.
[…]
5.
The briefs by which the State of Venezuela (hereinafter, “the State” or “Venezuela”)
presented information regarding the implementation of provisional measures in the four
related matters:
a)
“La Pica”- briefs of August 8 and October 4, 2007; March 4, June 4, July 28,
September 9, October 26 and December 17, 2008;
b)
Yare Prison- briefs of January 7, March 4, June 4, July 28, September 9 and
October 30, 2008 and of January 6 and June 23, 2009;
c)
Uribana Prison- briefs of June 28 and August 27, 2007; May 14, June 4, July
9, 22 and 27, October 28 and December 17, 2008 and of June 5, 2009 and,
d)
El Rodeo- briefs of April 18, June 19, August 18, October 14 and 30, 2008
and of January 6, June 4 and 22 and July 16, 2009.
6.
The briefs of the respective representatives of the beneficiaries (hereinafter, the
“representatives”) by which they filed their observations in relation to the implementation of
the provisional measures in the four cases above mentioned:
a)
“La Pica”- briefs of September 10 and November 9, 2007; March 19, April 16,