3 male and female prisoners. When the prisoners are transferred to those prisons, some of which are in very cold zones, they are "mistreated, insulted, humiliated," although some of them are wounded and only have their "worn" summer clothing. Neither can the prisoners receive the visits of their relatives with the implications that conveys. b. There is no independent institution which is empowered or is able to observe the conditions described, make recommendations to the Government, and make a public report on whether they are observed. The International Committee of the Red Cross is not currently authorized to inspect those prisons. All the above lends a grave and urgent nature to the situation described. c. The Government's delay in garanting the authorization requested by the Commission. According to the Commission, that may be because the Commission "is perceived as an institution that supports the Shining Path," as may be gathered from Document Nº 3135-92-MP-FN, dated September 16, 1992, addressed from the Public Prosecutor to Dr. Oscar de la Puente Raygada, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Relations. d. On October 20, 1992, in the Cristo Rey Prison in Ica, there were serious incidents which "left two prisoners dead and three wounded, and two policemen injured." This is one of the prisons the Commission had asked to visit. e. The provisional measures requested by the President of the Commission were based on the measures he had requested of the Government on May 13, 1992, and which had not been adopted. To this date, the Government has not authorized the visit requested by the Commission nor has the pertinent information been received. 6. The communication of December 4, 1992, sent by the Secretariat of the Commission on that same date, contained a complaint which caused the Commission to express the following opinion: As one may gather from reading the communication, a situation may be developing which could result in the violation of the rights of the women prisoners in the "Santa Mónica" Prison of Chorillos. If the new allegations are true, this would increase the seriousness and urgency of the situation being considered by the Members of the Court. WHEREAS: 1. Perú has been a State Party to the American Convention since July 28, 1978, and accepted the obligatory jurisdiction of the Court, pursuant to Article 62 of the Convention on January 1, 1981. 2. Article 63(2) of the Convention provides that in cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of the Commission, adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent with respect to a case not yet submitted to it.