10 49. The submission of March 6, 2006, wherein the Inter-American Commission submitted its observations to the sixth and seventh State’s reports. 50. The public hearing on provisional measures held on the date hereof in Brasilia, Brazil, at the seat of the Superior Tribunal of Justice of that country, with the presence of: by the Inter-American Commission: Florentín Meléndez, Commissioner; Santiago Canton, Secretary; Víctor H. Madrigal-Borloz, Advisor; Elizabeth Abi-Mershed, Advisor; Juan Pablo Albán, Advisor, and Manuela Cuvi, Advisor; by of the representatives: Carlos Eduardo Varela Álvarez, y Pablo Gabriel Salinas; by the State: Jorge Nelson Cardozo, advisor to the Cabinet of Foreign Office; Alejandro Acosta, Deputy Secretary of Justice of the Province of Mendoza; Alberto Javier Salgado, from the Human Rights Division of the Foreign Office; Andrea Gualde, from the Ministry of Justice; Ciro Annichiaricco, from the Ministry of Justice, and Pilar Mayoral, from the Ministry of Justice. 51. The arguments presented by the Commission at the referenced public meeting. Among other issues, the Commission stated as follows: a. The Commission stated once again its concern for the exposure of persons within prisons to a position of risk of extremely gravity and urgent nature threatening their lives and personal integrity. The position of risk has not changed substantially, and violence is still in place as it may be evidenced —among other instances— by injured prisoners, questionable deaths, riots, hanger strikes, fights, escapes and sequestration of weapons; b. Some progress has been made in the implementation of provisional measures, such as the appointment of new penitentiary agents, the creation of a new jail oversight criminal court and the office for the defense of inmates’ human rights. Furthermore, the Commission values both the projection of measures in the long term on the part of the State and the political willingness of the national government and of the provincial government, and the talks between the parties. However, progress has been inadequate and misdirected as concrete substantive measures have not been implemented in order to overcome the crisis;