ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA CARPIO NICOLLE CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Court of November 27, 1998, in which it was decided: 1. To declare that the State of Guatemala should take the necessary measures to resolve the actual and future situation of Karen Fischer de Carpio, in compliance with its obligation to effectively ensure the protection of her life and personal integrity and should include the results of the corresponding measures in its next report. 2. To request the State of Guatemala to include in its next report, suitable documentation on the status of case No. 1011-97 and on the concrete advances made in the investigations into the reported threats and acts of intimidation. 2. The note of the President of the Court of June 4, 1999, addressed to the Minister for External Affairs of Guatemala, referring to the information provided by the Guatemalan Government in its brief expanding on its twenty-eighth report to the effect that, “on November 27, 1998, the government attorney, in charge of the investigation [of case No. 1011-97, the case of the threats against the beneficiaries of the provisional measures] decided to close the said procedure”, and requesting, [i]n order that the Court may have the necessary elements to consider the significance of this decision in relation to compliance with the provisional measures referred to, … the inclusion in your illustrious Government’s next report to this Court of specific reference to: a. Detailed information on the proceeding by which the decision to close case No. 1011-97 was taken; b. A complete copy of the official public documents, in which the said proceeding appears; and c. Any additional information the State holds that would allow the Court to learn the full reasons that explain and justify the closure of case No. 1011-97. 3. The State’s thirty-first report in which it informed the Court that “[t]he Government of Guatemala, through the National Civil Police Force, continues to provide security to the persons indicated by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights” and gave details of the measures adopted in this respect. However, this report offers no information on the closure of case No. 101197, as requested by the President of the Court in his letter of June 4, 1999. 4. The observations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the State’s thirty-first report, with which the Commission forwarded to the