ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING COLOMBIA
CASE OF THE MAPIRIPÁN MASSACRE
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order for urgent measures issued by the then-President of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court,” “the
Court,” or “the Tribunal”) of February 4, 2005.
2.
The Order for provisional measures issued by the Court on June 27, 2005 in
which it decided, inter alia:
1.
To ratify the February 4, 2005 Order of the President for urgent measures.
2.
To require the State to take such steps as might be necessary, forthwith, to
protect the rights to life and humane treatment of the following persons and their next of
kin:
1. Carmen Johana Jaramillo Giraldo, 2. Esther Pinzón López, 3. Sara Paola
Pinzón López, 4. María Teresa Pinzón López, 5. Yur Mary Herrera Contreras, 6.
Zully Herrera Contreras, 7. Maryuri Caicedo Contreras, 8. Nadia Marina Valencia
Sanmiguel, 9. Yinda Adriana Valencia Sanmiguel, 10. Johana Marina Valencia
Sanmiguel, 11. Gustavo Caicedo Contreras, 12. Rusbel Asdrúbal Martínez
Contreras, 13. Roland Andrés Valencia Sanmiguel, 14. Ronald Mayiber Valencia
Sanmiguel, 15. Luis Guillermo Pérez, 16. Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo, 17. Marina
San Miguel Duarte, 18. Viviana Barrera Cruz, 19. Luz Mery Pinzón López, and
20. Mariela Contreras Cruz.
3.
To require the State to investigate the facts that gave rise to said urgent
measures, and to identify those responsible and punish them as appropriate.
4.
To require the State to allow the representatives of the beneficiaries to
participate in the planning and implementation of the provisional measures, and, in
general, to inform the Court of the progress regarding the implementation of said
measures.
[…]
3.
The Order of the Court of May 3, 2008 whereby it decided:
1.
To call upon the State of Colombia to maintain in force the provisional measures
adopted in the Order of the Court of June 27, 2005 […]
2.
To call upon the representatives, in compliance with the provisions of
Considering paragraph No. 12 herein, to submit as soon as practicable, any comments
pending submission and, in particular, the concrete information on the situation of the