Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 7, 2004 Provisional Measures regarding Brazil Matter of Urso Branco Prison HAVING SEEN: 1. The June 18, 2002 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”) wherein it called upon the Federal Republic of Brazil (hereinafter “Brazil” or “the State”) to: adopt all necessary measures to protect the lives and personal safety of all the inmates at the José Mario Alves Detention Center –known as the “Urso Branco Prison” – (hereinafter “the Urso Branco Prison” or “the prison”); investigate the facts that necessitated the adoption of these provisional measures; report to the Court on the measures adopted, and submit a complete list of all persons detained at Urso Branco Prison. It also requested that the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) submit its observations on those reports. 2. The August 29, 2002 Order of the Court wherein it called upon the State to: continue adopting all measures required to protect the life and personal safety of all persons incarcerated at the Urso Branco Prison; submit information on the serious events that occurred Urso Branco Prison, to the detriment of the inmates and despite the fact that the Court had already ordered the adoption of provisional measures of protection in its June 18, 2002 Order; as the Inter-American Commission requested, report to it the name of all corrections officers and military police who were at the Urso Branco Prison on July 16, 2002, and the names of those who are currently working at that public institution; adjust conditions at this prison to conform to the applicable international standards for the protection of human rights; when it submits the complete list of all persons incarcerated at the Urso Branco Prison, state the number and names of the inmates who have been convicted and those who are detained without a conviction; and, furthermore, indicate whether convicted inmates are segregated from those who have not been convicted. The Court also requested the State and the Inter-American Commission to take the necessary steps to establish an appropriate mechanism to coordinate and oversee compliance with the provisional measures ordered by the Court. 3. The State’s reports of September 11, 2002 and December 3, 2002, and the briefs of October 3, 2002 and February 7, 2003, wherein it made reference to the provisional measures it had adopted and to the investigation into the facts that necessitated the provisional measures. 4. The Commission’s comments on the State’s reports, presented in briefs dated November 13, 2002 and February 10, 2003. As appendices, the Commission submitted the petitioners’ briefs and requested that the account of the facts therein contained be regarded as an integral part of the Commission’s comments.