3 7. that The communication of 21 June 1999 of the Commission in which it advised a) the application for a stay of execution of Anthony Briggs had been dismissed by the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago on 18 June 1999; b) the next day, the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal had dismissed his appeal on the said decision; c) the judgement of the Court of Appeal indicated that, notwithstanding the Order of the Court of 25 May 1999, it was not satisfied that any substantive issue respecting Anthony Briggs was pending before the InterAmerican Court; d) the Court of Appeal also refused to grant a stay of execution pending an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the highest appellate court for Trinidad and Tobago; and e) the solicitors of Anthony Briggs would bring an expedited petition for special leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and would seek a stay of his execution pending the determination of the said petition and, if leave was granted, a decision on the merits of the appeal. 8. The communication of 21 June 1999 of the Inter-American Commission in which it expressed that, on the same date, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council granted Anthony Briggs leave to appeal the decision of the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal on his constitutional motion to the Privy Council. In addition, the Commission stated that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had stayed the execution of Anthony Briggs pending the hearing and determination of his appeal and had requested further clarification from his solicitors as to the nature of the matter relating to him that was pending before the Inter-American Court. 9. The note of 22 July 1999 in which the Commission informed the Court that, on the same date, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had dismissed the appeal of Anthony Briggs from the decision of the Trinidad and Tobago Court of Appeal on his constitutional motion, and that his solicitors anticipated that another warrant of execution would be read on such date, for execution on 27 July 1999. 10. The note of 26 July 1999 of the Commission in which it notified the Court that the State had read a warrant of execution to Anthony Briggs on 23 July 1999 for execution on 28 July 1999. 11. The communication of 27 July 1999 of the Secretariat in which, following instructions by the President of the Court, requested Trinidad and Tobago to present information relating to the merits of the Commission’s note (supra 10.) In the said communication, the Secretariat indicated to the State that [s]pecifically, in its Order of 25 May 1999, the Court considered the circumstances of Mr. Briggs’ Case before the Inter-American system and after deliberation, decided “with respect to Anthony Briggs, to maintain the Provisional Measures ordered in his favour until such time as the Court, having previously considered the reports concerning the present status of his Case, issues a decision on this matter[;]” and that