ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2012 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES CASE OF FERNÁNDEZ ORTEGA ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The judgment of Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations and Costs (hereinafter “the judgment”) issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) of August 30, 2011. 2. The Order of the President of the Court of April 9, 2009, whereby, inter alia, she ordered the United Mexican States (hereinafter “Mexico” or “the State”) to adopt forthwith all measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of the following individuals: (a) Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and certain next of kin; (b) Inés Fernández Ortega and certain next of kin; (c) 41 members of the Organización del Pueblo Indígena Tlapaneco A.C. (hereinafter “OPIT” or “OPIM”); (d) 29 members of the Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan A.C. (hereinafter “Tlachinollan”), and (e) certain next of kin of Raúl Lucas Lucía and Manuel Ponce Rosas. 3. The Order of the President of the Court implemented and adopt and personal integrity of Court of April 30, 2009, whereby it ratified the Order of the and ordered the State to maintain the measures being the complementary measures necessary to protect the lives the said individuals. 4. The Orders of the President of the Court of December 23, 2009, and of the Inter-American Court of November 23, 2010, whereby the representatives’ requests for extension of the provisional measures were denied. 5. The briefs submitted between July 20, 2009 and December 2, 2011 and their attachments, whereby the State forwarded reports one through fifteen regarding compliance with the provisional measures. 6. The briefs presented between August 21, 2009, and January 10, 2012 and their attachments, in which the representatives of the beneficiaries (hereinafter “the beneficiaries”) forwarded observations on the State’s reports regarding compliance. 7. The briefs submitted between September 8, 2009 and November 18, 2011, whereby the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter also “the InterAmerican Commission” or “the Commission”) forwarded its observations on the State’s reports and the representatives’ observations.