ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 17, 1999 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO DIGNA OCHOA Y PLÁCIDO ET AL. CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The November 11, 1999 writing and its attachments, by means of which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”), pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the Inter-American Convention”), 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure) and 76 of the Regulations of the Commission, a request for provisional measures on behalf of Digna Ochoa y Plácido, Edgar Cortéz Morales, Mario Patrón Sánchez and Jorge Fernández Mendiburu, concerning Case No. 12.229 in the matter of the United States of Mexico (hereinafter “Mexico” or “the State”), being processed before the Commission. In that writing, the Commission requested the Court a. To immediately adopt effective security measures to ensure the lives and personal integrity of Digna Ochoa and Plácido, Edgar Cortéz Morales, Mario Patrón Sánchez and Jorge Fernández Mendiburu; b. To immediately adopt effective measures to ensure the security of those who go to the offices of the PRODH Center in Mexico, D.F. to perform their jobs or for other reasons; c. To coordinate the measures of protection set forth in paragraphs “a” and “b” supra with the agreement of the persons to be protected, so as to assure the effectiveness and appropriateness of those measures; d. To adopt, as an essential element of the duty of protection, effective measures to investigate the events that affect the persons identified in the earlier paragraph so as to identify and, where appropriate, based on a fair trial punish those responsible for such events; e. To inform the Honorable Court in a brief period as to the concrete and effective measures adopted to protect Digna Ochoa Y Plácido, Edgar Cortéz Morales, Mario Patrón Sánchez and Jorge Fernández Mendiburu, and to ensure the safety of those who visit the offices of the PRODH Center in Mexico; and, subsequently, to inform the Honorable Court as to the state of the provisional measures every two months. 2. The Commission based its request for provisional measures on the following: