12 Having Seen clause No. 6); and new mutinies which have resulted in several injured people (supra Having Seen clauses No. 8 and 9). 7. That in the scope of International Human Rights Law, provisional measures not only have a provisional characteristic, as they preserve a legal status, but also a fundamentally protective nature because they protect human rights. As long as the basic requirements of gravity, urgency and prevention of irreparable damage to people are present, provisional measures turn into a true jurisdictional guarantee of preventive nature. 8. That, by virtue of the liability of the State to adopt security measures to protect the people under its jurisdiction, the Court understands that this obligation becomes more evident in the case of people confined in a detention center, in which case the State is the guarantor of the people under its custody.1 9. That the State obligation to protect all the people under its jurisdiction encompasses the duty to control the action of third parties, an erga omnes2 obligation. 10. That the protection of a child’s life “requires that the State is particularly concerned with the surrounding circumstances during the time he is deprived of liberty, as that right has not expired nor has it been restricted because of his detention or imprisonment.”3 11. That although the Court makes a positive assessment of the actions taken by the State to fulfill the provisional measures ordered in this case, the episodes of violence which took place during their enforcement show the need to continue to immediately adopt effective protection measures, reason for which this Court understands that it is convenient to maintain these provisional measures in favor of these people. 12. That the problem of confinement compounds require medium and long term actions, in order to adapt their conditions to international standards. However, the States have the obligation to take immediate actions which guarantee the physical, psychic and moral integrity of the inmates, as well as their right to life and the right 1 Cf. Matter of Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Center. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of March 30, 2006, Considering clause No. 9; Matter of Monagas Judicial Confinement Center ("La Pica"). Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of February 9, 2006, Considering clause No. 9; Matter of Children Deprived of Liberty in the "Complexo do Tatuapé" of FEBEM. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 30, 2005, Considering clause No. 7. 2 Cf. Matter of Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Center. Provisional Measures, supra note 5, Considering clause No. 14; Matter of Monagas Judicial Confinement Center ("La Pica"). Provisional Measures, supra note 1, Considering clause No. 16; Matter of Children Deprived of Liberty in the "Complexo do Tatuapé" of FEBEM. Provisional Measures, supra note 1, Considering clause No. 14. 3 Cf. Matter of Children Deprived of Liberty in the "Complexo do Tatuapé" of FEBEM. Provisional Measures, supra note 1, Considering clause No. 9; Case of the "Juvenile Reeducation Institute". Judgment of September 2, 2004. Series C, No. 112, para. 160. In the same sense, Juridical Condition and Human Rights of the Child. Advisory Opinion OC-17/02 of August 28, 2002. Series A, No. 17.

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