9 9. That, in international human rights law, the purpose of provisional measures, in addition to their essentially preventive nature, is to effectively protect fundamental rights, inasmuch as they seek to avoid irreparable damage to persons. 10. That this Court believes the State must guarantee to Mrs. Loayza Tamayo the necessary conditions of security for her to be able to return to the country without fear of suffering negative consequences to her physical safety, mental health and moral integrity5. 11. That, in this case, the Court has delivered the judgments on merits of September 17, 1997, and on reparations of November 27, 1999, and the order of March 8, 1998, on the interpretation of judgment, and has jurisdiction to monitor compliance with its judgments6. 12. That the Court has examined the facts and circumstances that justified the order of the President of December 13, 2000, which it ratifies as it finds it adjusted to law and to the merits of the case. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS In the exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 63.2 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To ratify all the terms of the order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 13, 2000. of Haitian Origin in the Dominican Republic case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 18, 2000, eleventh considering clause; Constitutional Court case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 14, 2000, ninth considering clause; Constitutional Court case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 7, 2000. Series E No. 2, ninth considering clause; y Digna Ochoa y Plácido et al. case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 17, 1999. Series E No. 2, seventh considering clause. 5 Cf. inter alia, Loayza Tamayo case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of December 13, 2000, twelfth considering clause; The Peace Community of San José de Apartadó case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 24, 2000, eighth considering clause and operative paragraphs 5 and 6; Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian Origin in the Dominican Republic case. Provisional Measures. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of August 18, 2000, fourth operative paragraph; Alvarez et al. case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of January 21, 1998. Series E No. 2, fourth operative paragraph; Giraldo Cardona case. Provisional Measures. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of February 5, 1997. Series E No. 2, fifth considering clause; Giraldo Cardona case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 28, 1996. Series E No. 2, second operative paragraph; and Colotenango case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 22, 1994, second operative paragraph. 6 60. Cf. Loayza Tamayo case. Order of November 17, 1999. Compliance with judgment. Series C No.