2 warrant for the arrest of Víctor Román Cotzál. 3. To call upon the Government of the Republic of Guatemala to report to the Court, every thirty days from the date of notification, on the urgent measures it adopts, and upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to transmit its comments on that information to the Court within fifteen days of its receipt. 4. To submit this Order for the Court's consideration and pertinent effects during its next session. 5. To summon the parties to a public hearing at the seat of the Court on June 27, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., so that the Court may hear their views on the events and circumstances that led to this request for provisional measures and to this Order. The Order of the President was based on the following considerations: 4. That Article 1(1) of the American Convention sets forth the obligation of the States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized in this treaty and to ensure to all persons subject to their jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms. 5. That the facts presented in this case effectively constitute "a prima facie case of urgent and grave danger to the lives and physical integrity" of the 15 persons named. (underlining in the original) 6. That the fact that the Inter-American Commission has twice requested precautionary measures which "have not produce the requisite effect of protection, since no proper investigation of the threats has been made by the competent authorities nor has the pending warrant for the arrest of Víctor Román Cotzál been executed, nor have Armando Tucubal, Héctor Cotzál or Hugo Cotzál been prosecuted although those persons stand accused of the murders of two members of CIEDEG, [nor] have other appropriate measures been taken to protect the lives and physical integrity" of the 15 persons named in the Commission's request, establishes exceptional circumstances which make it necessary to order urgent measures so as to avoid irreparable damage to them. 7. That it is the responsibility of the Government to adopt security measures for all citizens, an undertaking that is all the more crucial in the case of persons involved in judicial proceedings before the organs of the inter-American system for the protection of human rights, the purpose of which is to determine whether or not human rights covered by the American Convention have been violated. 8. That, likewise, the Government of Guatemala has the obligation to investigate the events that led to this request for provisional measures in order to identify those responsible and punish them accordingly, particularly with regard to the alleged explicit threats of reprisals against some of the persons named, on account of their appearance before the Commission at the public hearing on February 22 of this year. 4. The first report from the Government of Guatemala on May 30, 1996, in which it listed the urgent measures taken in compliance with the Order of the President of April 24, 1996 and declared that "Guatemala has deployed all efforts to investigate the events which it has deemed pertinent within the existing legal framework." Moreover, the aforementioned report indicated that the Government had held a meeting on March 26, 1996, which was attended by members of the State institutions and the persons affected, and that "the latter declared that they did not wish to be assigned personal security since it undermined their independence and freedom of action; that all they wanted was for Víctor Román Cotzál be captured and the threats investigated." 5. The Commission's comments of June 14, 1996 on the first report from the Government, in which it considered that the latter had not complied with the President's requirements in his Order of April 24, 1996 and that a situation of