ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF MARCH 1, 2011
PROVISIONAL MEASURES
CASE OF THE MAPIRIPÁN MASSACRE v. COLOMBIA
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order on urgent measures issued by the then President of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the
Court”) on February 4, 2005.
2.
The Order issued by the Court on June 27, 2005, in which it decided, inter alia:
1.
To ratify the Order of the President on urgent measures of February 4, 2005.
2.
To require the State to take, forthwith any necessary measures to protect the life
and personal integrity of the following persons and their next of kin:
1. Carmen Johana Jaramillo Giraldo, 2. Esther Pinzón López, 3. Sara Paola Pinzón
López, 4. María Teresa Pinzón López, 5. Yur Mary Herrera Contreras, 6. Zully
Herrera Contreras, 7. Maryuri Caicedo Contreras, 8. Nadia Marina Valencia
Sanmiguel, 9. Yinda Adriana Valencia Sanmiguel, 10. Johana Marina Valencia
Sanmiguel, 11. Gustavo Caicedo Contreras, 12. Rusbel Asdrúbal Martínez
Contreras, 13. Roland Andrés Valencia Sanmiguel, 14. Ronald Mayiber Valencia
Sanmiguel, 15. Luis Guillermo Pérez, 16. Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo, 17. Marina San
Miguel Duarte, 18. Viviana Barrera Cruz, 19. Luz Mery Pinzón López, and 20.
Mariela Contreras Cruz.
3.
To require the State to investigate the facts that gave rise to the adoption of the
provisional measures and, as appropriate, to identify those responsible and impose the
corresponding sanctions.
4.
To require the State to allow the representatives of the beneficiaries to participate
in the planning and implementation of the provisional measures, and, in general, to inform
them of progress regarding the implementation of the measures. […]
3.
The judgment on merits, reparations and costs delivered by the Court on
September 15, 2005.
4.
The Order issued by the Court on May 3, 2008, in which it decided:
1.
To call upon the State of Colombia to maintain in force the provisional measures
required in the Order of the Court of June 27, 2005 […].
2.
To call upon the representatives, in keeping with the provisions of the twelfth
considering paragraph [of the Order], to submit as soon as possible, any pending
observations and, in particular, specific information on the situation of the beneficiaries of
the provisional measures ordered. In these observations, the representatives must clearly
explain whether a situation of extreme gravity and urgency persists that requires avoiding