6 16. The Commission welcomed the decision of the State to repeal section 26 of the Constitution as “a positive and important legislative development.” However, it also noted that the State did not submit information as to how this change will be effectuated. Accordingly, the Commission requested that the Court order the State to provide “the requisite information,” including information on “the timeframe in which this legislative development [will] take place.” 17. The Court values the decision of the State to repeal section 26 of the Constitution and to submit evidence of this change. However, as it has not yet received this evidence, the Court finds that the present orders are pending compliance and requests that the State submit an updated report on the status of the process initiated for the purpose of repealing section 26 of the Constitution. B. ORDERS PECULIAR TO THE BOYCE JUDGMENT B.1. Obligation to formally commute the death sentence of Michael McDonald Huggins within six months of the date notice of the Boyce Judgment was served (Operative Paragraph six of the Boyce Judgment) 18. The State reported that by virtue of the “Warrant of Commutation” of June 13, 2008, issued by the Governor General of Barbados, the death sentence of Mr. Michael McDonald Huggins was commuted to life imprisonment on June 17, 2008. Pursuant to the Warrant of Commutation attached to the State's report, Mr. Huggins was granted a pardon for the offence for which he was convicted “on the condition that [he] be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural life […].” 19. The representatives expressed concern with the wording of the Warrant of Commutation, noting that it states that Michael McDonald Huggins “shall be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural life.” They indicated that “if Michael Huggins'[s] sentence of life imprisonment means that he is to remain in prison for the rest of his life without the possibility of parole, such a sentence, mandatorily imposed, is subject to almost all the vices held to be inherent [to] the mandatory death sentence itself.” Thus, the representatives asked that the State “confirm whether the condition attached to the pardon is to be read literally, or whether the warrant should be interpreted as intending to do no more than substitute a sentence of life imprisonment subject to a system of periodic review.” 20. The Commission “recognize[d] and value[d] this measure of compliance.” However, it also noted that, “as stated in its application before the Court, ‘the mercy procedure is not an adequate substitute for a judicial process that determines the appropriate sentence after a conviction for murder.’” 21. In light of the statements of the parties, the Court finds that the State has commuted Mr. Michael McDonald Huggins's death sentence pursuant to Operative Paragraph six of the Boyce Judgment and, therefore, has complied with the present order. B.2. The obligation to adopt and implement measures necessary to ensure that the conditions of detention of the victims in the Boyce case comply with the requirements of the American Convention (Operative Paragraph nine of the Boyce Judgment)