its Statute, and 31(2) and 69 of its Rules of Procedure,11 DECLARES THAT: 1. In accordance with the considering paragraphs 1 to 24 of this order, the State is not fulfilling its obligation to provide the Court with specific, true, detailed and updated information on the measures taken in relation to the investigation and punishment of those responsible for the disappearance and presumed death of the victims in this case, and the search for their mortal remains. 2. The Court will maintain open the proceedings on monitoring compliance with the measures that remain pending in this case, namely: a) The investigation and punishment of those responsible for the disappearance and presumed death of the victims, in accordance with considering paragraphs 7 to 16 of this Order, and b) The search for the mortal remains of the victims and their return to their next of kin, in accordance with considering paragraphs 18 to 22 of this order. AND DECIDES: 1. To require the State to adopt all necessary measures to comply promptly and effectively with the judgment on merits of December 8, 1995, the judgment on reparations and costs of January 29, 1997, and this order, in accordance with the provisions of Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To request the State to present to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, by August 15, 2012 at the latest, a report indicating all the measures adopted to comply with the reparations ordered by this Court that are pending compliance, in accordance with considering paragraphs 17 to 22 of this Order. 3. To request the victims’ representatives and their next of kin, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present their observations on the State’s report mentioned in the preceding operative paragraph, within four and six weeks, respectively, of receiving it. 4. To continue monitoring the operative paragraphs pending compliance of the judgment on merits of December 8, 1995, and the judgment on reparations and costs of January 29, 1997. 5. To require the Secretariat of the Court to notify this order to the Republic of Colombia, the representatives of the victims and the latter’s next of kin, and the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights. Judge Vio Gross informed the Court of his Concurring Opinion which accompanies this order. 11 Rules of Procedure approved by the Court at its eighty-fifth regular session, held from November 18 to 28, 2009. 8

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