MC 1041 21. On November 16, 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ("the Inter-American Commission," "the Commission," or "the IACHR") received a request for precautionary measures filed by Cece Jones Davis -from the "Justice for Julius campaign"- and Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva ("the applicants"). The applicants urged the Commission to request that the United States of America ("the State","theUnited States", or "theU. S.") stay the execution of Mr. Julius Jones ("the proposed beneficiary"), scheduled for November 18, 2021. The applicants stated that Mr. Jones is on death row in the state of Oklahoma, where he was tried and convicted in a murder case, alleging the lack of compelling evidence against him, and the existence of racial bias and ineffective counsel. Therefore, the applicants filed petition P-2029-21, in which they allege violations of the provisions from different articles of the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man (American Declaration), regarding Mr. Jones" equal protection before the law, a fair trial, due process of law and a proper defense. Thus, the request for precautionary measures seeks to stay the execution of the death penalty, considering that if the execution is carried out, the petition would be rendered moot. The request also alleges that the execution method would constitute cruel, infamous, and unusual treatment
