Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights* of February 5, 2008 Provisional Measures with regard to the Republic of Colombia Matter of the Communities of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”, “the Inter-American Court” or “the Tribunal”) passed on March 6, 2003, whereby it ordered: 1. To request the State of Colombia to adopt, without delay, any measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of all members of the Community Council of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó families. 2. To request the State of Colombia to investigate the events that resulted in the adoption of these provisional measures, in order to identify those responsible and to impose the corresponding penalties. 3. To request the State of Colombia to adopt any measures necessary to guarantee that the individual beneficiaries of these measures can continue living in their current location, free from any threat or coercion whatsoever. 4. To request the State of Colombia, in accordance with the provisions of the American Convention of Human Rights, to grant special protection to the so-called “humanitarian refugee zones” established by the members of the Community Council of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó families and, to that effect, to adopt any necessary measures so that they actually receive all humanitarian assistance provided. 5. To request the State of Colombia to guarantee the necessary security conditions for the members of the Community Council of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó families who were forced to move to the forest or other areas to return to their homes or to the “humanitarian refugee zones” established by those communities. 6. To request the State of Colombia to establish an ongoing supervision and communication mechanism at the so-called “humanitarian refugee zones”, in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 7. To request the State of Colombia to allow the representatives designated by the beneficiaries of these measures to participate in the planning and implementation of protection measures and, in general, to keep them posted on progress made regarding the provisional measures passed by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. […] 2. The Orders of the Inter-American Court of November 17, 2004, March 15, 2005 and February 7, 2006, whereby the Court ordered, inter alia, to call upon the State to maintain the measures adopted, in accordance with the Order of March 6, 2003. * Judge Manuel E. Ventura-Robles informed the Court that, due to force majeure circumstances, he would not be able to attend the public hearing on this matter, or the deliberations and signing of this Order.