7 5. That, consequently, the situation described by the Commission concerning Ángel Quintero, Claudia Patricia Monsalve, Marta Soto, Silvia Quintero, Gloria Herney-Galíndez, Gladys Ávila, and Rocío Bautista, is of extreme gravity and urgency and qualifies under the requirements of Article 63(2) of the American Convention, which warrants that appropriate measures be taken to ensure their lives and personal integrity in order to avoid irreparable damage. 6. That, while Ángel Quintero, Claudia Patricia Monsalve, Marta Soto, Silvia Quintero, Gloria Herney Galínez, Gladis Ávila and Rocío Bautista have not been identified individually thus far as beneficiaries of the provisional measures adopted by the Court, they were generically protected by said measures by virtue of the fact that the Tribunal established the obligation of the State to adopt whatever measures are necessary to ensure that all the offices of the Association of Relatives of Detainees-Disappeared Persons of Colombia can continue functioning without danger to the lives or integrity of the persons working there.1 7. That Colombia has the obligation to investigate the events that led to the request for expansion of provisional measures in favor of the persons mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In like manner, the Tribunal has established the need for the parties to collaborate, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the measures adopted.2 NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention, and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To request that the State of Colombia maintain the provisional measures in favor of José Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores-Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile-Ascanio, Miriam Rosas-Ascanio, Javier Álvarez, Erik A. Arellano-Bautista, Daniel Prado, Estela de-Prado, Camilla Alejandra Prado, Lina Prado, Luz Elsia Almanza, Hilda Rosario Jiménez, Ramón Rangel, Robinson Amador, Yamel López, Emely Pérez, Yolanda Salamanca, Rosa Tulia Bolaños, Rocío Campos, and Alexander Rodríguez. 1 Cfr. Digna Ochoa and Plácido et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 17, 1999. Series E No. 2, second operative paragraph; Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 19, 1998. Series E No. 2; Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of January 21, 1998. Series E No. 2; Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 22, 1997. Serie E No. 2; Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 11, 1997. Series E No. 2; and Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 22, 1997. Provisional Measures, Series E No. 2. 2 Cfr. Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Court of October 11, 2000, eleventh operative paragraph; and Álvarez et al. Case. Provisional Measures. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of August 29, 1998. Series E N° 2, Considering No. 6.