Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights∗ of November 25, 2009 Provisional Measures regarding Brazil Matter of Urso Branco Prison HAVING SEEN: 1. The Orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”), of June 18, 2002, August 29, 2002, April 22, 2004, July 7, 2004, September 21, 2005 and May 2, 2008. In the latter, the Court, inter alia, decided: 1. To request the State to immediately adopt all the measures necessary to efficiently protect the life and physical integrity of all the persons confined at the Urso Branco Prison, as well as the life and physical integrity of all the persons entering the premises, among which visitors and security agents who provide services thereat are included, in the terms of Considering Clauses No. 15 and 16 of the […] Order. 2. To again request the State to take all the steps necessary so that the protection measures regarding the life and physical integrity are planned and implemented with the participation of the beneficiaries or their representatives, and that the State keeps them informed on the progress of the application of said measures. 3. To request the State to submit its next report on the compliance with the measures indicated in the first operative paragraph before the Court no later than July 15, 2008, particularly on the measures it may immediately adopt so that no deprivations of life or acts against the physical integrity of the persons confined at the prison and of those in any manner entering the premises are produced. The State shall submit, as an appendix to the above mentioned report, an updated list of all the persons who have died due to violent causes since the issue of the first Order rendered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the instant case. 4. To request the State to continue to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, on the compliance with the implementation of the measures indicated in the first operative paragraph of the […] Order. […] 2. The 19th to 25th reports submitted on May 20, July 31, October 30, and December 30, 2008, as well as the respective appendixes thereto, whereby the Federal Republic of Brazil (hereinafter “the State” or “Brazil”) provided information on the steps taken with respect to the provisional measures ordered by the Court in the instant case. ∗ Judges Cecilia Medina-Quiroga and Leonardo A. Franco informed the Court that, on grounds of force majeure, they could not participate in the deliberation and signature of this Order, reason for which Judge Medina-Quiroga relinquished the Presidency in the terms of Article 4(3) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure to the Court Vice-President, Judge García-Sayán, President in office for the instant case.