8 to find information about her income” on May 21, 2004, without any prior investigation existing against her to justify or legitimate this gathering of information. Said activities were carried out “in the framework of operations clearly defined by DAS destined to offer a defense [to] the State before international organizations […] in order to monitor the representatives of the victims and the victims; and in this list of individuals, not only is Maria Nodelia Parra found, but also [other] people that also have provisional measures […] in their name; this is not an isolated fact nor of little relevance for this case and for the imminence of the risk […] against [the beneficiary],” 24. In relation to Colombia’s proposal regarding the carrying out of a joint and new study of the risk, the representatives manifested their willingness to work together with the State on the legal and factual aspects on which the new study of the level of risk to Ms. Parra will be based. 25. The Commission values the measures adopted by the State in order to protect the life and personal integrity of the beneficiary. It reiterated that the present measures are fundamentally related with the activities of Ms. Parra as a civilian party to the criminal investigation for the mentioned forced disappearances. In the present case, the situation of risk increased or decreased in conformity with the advances carried out in such investigation. In this sense, the lack of threats during a determined time cannot be evaluated on their own, rather it is reasonable to infer that the lack of threats is a result of the inactivity of the investigative process. In this manner, considering the reactivation of the investigation at the end of 2009, the Commission expressed its worry regarding the possibility that new facts may occur that would put the life and personal integrity of the beneficiary at risk. In this sense, it manifested its worry regarding the alleged operations of intelligence carried out by the DAS. * * * 25. Regarding the proposal of the State to elaborate a new study of the level of risk and degree of threat for Ms. Parra, with which the representatives were in agreement, the Court finds it pertinent to carry out an analysis about the eventual need to maintain the present provisional measures in favor of the beneficiary in its next ordinary period of sessions. On said occasion, the Tribunal will examine the abovementioned allegations together with the new study of the risk to the beneficiary, which must be received by the Secretary of the Court no later than March 31, 2010. In the case that said study of risk is not received on the specified date, the Tribunal will still analyze the matter during the abovementioned period. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Select target paragraph3