4 Therefore, “the Government asks the [...] Court to rescind the Provisional Measures in this case.” CONSIDERING: 1. Colombia has been a State party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention”) since July 31, 1973 and it accepted the binding jurisdiction of the Court on June 21, 1985. 2. Article 63(2) of the American Convention provides that in cases of “extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court may, in matters it has under consideration, adopt such Provisional Measures as it deems pertinent. 3. Provisional Measures are exceptional in nature, they are issued on the basis of protection needs and, once issued, they must be maintained as long as the basic requirements mentioned in the previous Considering persist. 4. The information supplied by the State shows that it implemented several measures to protect the lives and physical safety of the members of the Zenú Community protected by the Provisional Measures. 5. The Commission does not have information that enables it to verify the existence of the situation that justified adoption of the Provisional Measures six years ago, and therefore it deems it pertinent to rescind the Provisional Measures. This “does not preclude the possibility that the Commission may deem it necessary to once again invoke the mechanism of Article 63(2) of the American Convention, if circumstances and the available information so require” (supra Having Seen 10). 6. The State asked that the Provisional Measures be rescinded in this case (supra Having Seen 12). 7. The Court has the authority to fully or partially rescind the Provisional Measures that it has ordered. NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, exercising the authority granted to it by Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and 25 and 29 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To rescind and conclude the Provisional Measures ordered by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights in its June 19, 1998, January 29, 1999 and August 12, 2000 Orders in favor of Rosember Clemente Teherán, Armando Mercado, Nilson Zurita, Edilberto Gaspar Rosario, Dorancel Ortiz, Leovigildo Castillo, Santiago Méndez, Zoila Riondo, Saúl Lucas, José Guillermo Carmona, Celedonio Padilla, Eudo Mejía Montalvo, Marcelino Suárez Lazaro, Fabio Antonio Guevara, José Luis Mendoza, Misael Suárez Estrada, Ingilberto M. Pérez, Martín Florez, Jacinto Ortíz Quintero, Juan Antonio Almanza Pacheco, José Carpio Beltrán, and Luis Felipe Álvarez Polo.