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2.
life and
Anthony
Baptiste
system.
To order Trinidad and Tobago to take all measures necessary to preserve the
physical integrity of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs, Anderson Noel,
Garcia, Christopher Bethel, Darrin Roger Thomas, Haniff Hilaire, and Denny
so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the Inter-American
3.
To require the State of Trinidad and Tobago to report every fifteen days,
beginning on September 1, 1998, on the status of the appeals and scheduled executions
of Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs, Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia, Christopher
Bethel, Darrin Roger Thomas, Haniff Hilaire, and Denny Baptiste, and to require the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to send its observations on these reports
to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within two days of their receipt.
4.
To require the State of Trinidad and Tobago and the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
immediately of any significant developments concerning the circumstances of
Wenceslaus James, Anthony Briggs, Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia, Christopher Bethel,
Darrin Roger Thomas, Haniff Hilaire, and Denny Baptiste.
7.
The September 1, 1998 brief in which the State reported that, in the future, it
would not refer to this matter any more either with the Court or with the InterAmerican Commission.
8.
The September 30 and November 9, 1998 notes of the Secretariat of the
Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) in which it reminded the State to submit the
reports required of it by the August 29, 1998 Order of the Court (supra Having Seen
6).
9.
The December 2, 1998 letter of the Secretariat, under instructions by the
Court, in which it pointed out that the State should comply with the provisional
measures ordered by the Court. This letter was also forwarded to the Secretary
General of the Organization of American States.
10.
The 1998 Annual Report of the Inter-American Court in which, pursuant to
Article 65 of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the
Convention” or “the American Convention”), it “inform[ed] the General Assembly of
the Organization of American States that [the State …] ha[d] not complied with [the]
decisions [of the Court] with respect to the provisional measures adopted in the
James et al. Case, for which reason it request[ed] that the General Assembly urge
[the State] to comply with the Orders of the Court.”
11.
The February 9, 1999 request by the Court to the State and to the
Commission for information on progress of the judicial proceedings of the
beneficiaries of the provisional measures ordered by the Court. On February 11,
1999, the Commission reported that the orders of execution had been read with
respect to all the beneficiaries, although said executions were suspended due to
appeals filed against those orders.
12.
The May 25, 1999 Order of the Court, in which it decided:
1.
1998:
With respect to the Provisional Measures adopted by the Court on 29 August
a.
To maintain the Provisional Measures ordered by the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights on 29 August 1998, in favour of Wenceslaus James, Anthony
Briggs, Anderson Noel, Anthony Garcia, Christopher Bethel, Darrin Roger Thomas, Haniff