3. The communication of August 3, 2011, in which the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter “the State” or “Venezuela”) asked for a “prudential extension” in order to forward the report requested in the third operative paragraph of the Order issued by the Court on May 15, 2011 (supra having seen paragraph 2), and the note of the Secretariat of August 5, 2011, in which the extension requested by the State was granted until August 12, 2011. 4. The notes of the Secretariat of October 6 and December 19, 2011, and July 17, 2012, in which the State was reminded that, pursuant to the third operative paragraph of the Order issued by the Court on May 15, 2011 (supra having seen paragraph 2), and following the extension granted by the note of the Secretariat of August 5, 2011 (supra having seen paragraph 3), the State should have presented its report on the measures adopted in this matter by August 12, 2011, at the latest. Consequently, on the instructions of the President of the Court, the State was asked to forward the report as soon as possible. 5. The note of the Secretariat of December 19, 2011, in which the Court asked the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) to present a report on the procedural status of this matter being processed before the Commission, by January 20, 2012. 6. The communication of January 20, 2012, in which the Commission advised that, at that date, it “ha[d] not received an individual petition related to the matter in question.” 7. The brief of August 22, 2012, in which the State presented a report on the implementation of the provisional measures ordered by the Court in this matter. 8. The briefs of September 24 and October 17, 2012, in which the representatives of the beneficiary (hereinafter “the representatives”) and the Inter-American Commission, respectively, presented their observations on the State’s report of August 22, 20112 (supra having seen paragraph 7). 9. The note of the Secretariat of May 7, 2013, in which it reminded the State that, in keeping with the third operative paragraph of the Order issued by the Court on May 15, 2011 (supra having seen paragraph 2), the State should report to the Inter-American Court every two months on the measures adopted in favor of the beneficiary of the provisional measures issued in this matter. Since the last State report was received by the Secretariat on August 22, 2012, on the instructions of the President of the Court, the State was requested to present a report on the measures adopted in this matter by May 31, 2013. At the time this Order is issued, this report had not been received. 10. The note of the Secretariat of July 30, 2013, in which the Court asked the Commission to advise whether it had received an individual petition related to the matter in question by August 6, 2013, and the communication of August 7, 2013, in which the Inter-American Commission advised that “to date, it ha[d] not received an individual petition.” CONSIDERING THAT: 1. Venezuela has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) since August 9, 1977, and, pursuant to Article 62 of the Convention, accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Court on June 24, 1981. 2