ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF AUGUST 19, 2013 PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO EL SALVADOR MATTER OF B. 1 HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) on May 29, 2013, in which the Court decided, inter alia: To require the State of El Salvador to adopt and guarantee, urgently, all necessary and effective measures to enable the group of physicians who are treating Ms. B. to adopt, without any interference, the medical actions they consider opportune and appropriate to ensure the due protection of the rights established in Article 4 and 5 of the American Convention and, in this way, avoid damage that could become irreparable to the rights to life and personal integrity and health of Ms. B. 2. The brief of June 20, 2013, in which the State of El Salvador (hereinafter “El Salvador” or “the State”) presented its report on the implementation of the provisional measures and requested that they be lifted. 3. The briefs of June 25 and July 2 and 9, 2013, in which the representatives of the beneficiary 2 (hereinafter “the representatives”) presented their observations on the State’s report and on the implementation of these measures. 4. The briefs of May 29 and July 16, 2013, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) referred to the State’s report and to the implementation of the provisional measures. 5. The note of the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of July 18, 2013, in which, on the instructions of the President of the Court, the State was granted until July 29, 2013, to submit any observations it deemed pertinent on the communications of the InterAmerican Commission and of the representatives of the beneficiary. In a note of the Secretariat of August 5, 2013, the State was reminded that it should forward the said observations and granted a new time frame until August 8, 2013. 1 At the request of the Inter-American Commission, the identity of the person in favor of whom the provisional measures were requested is maintained confidential, and she is identified with the letter “B.” 2 The representatives of Ms. B. are the Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local de El Salvador, the Agrupación Ciudadana por la despenalización del aborto terapéutico, ético and eugenésico de El Salvador, and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).