ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1
OF MAY 22, 2013
PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
MATTER OF ÁLVAREZ ET AL.
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Orders of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(hereinafter “the President”) of July 22, August 14 and December 22, 1997; May 12
and August 6, 1998; and July 17, 2000.
2.
The Orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter the InterAmerican Court,” or the “Court”) of November 11, 1997; January 21, June 19 and
August 29, 1998; August 10, October 11 and November 12, 2000; and May 30, 2001.
3.
The Order of the Court of February 8, 2008, the operative part of which
decided:
1.
To call upon the State to adopt such provisional measures as may be necessary to
protect the life and physical integrity of all the members of ASFADDES, by protecting the
premises of the aforementioned organization.
2.
To call upon the State to adopt the measures necessary in order to ensure the right
to life and to physical integrity of María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Erik
Arellana-Bautista, Daniel Prado, Silvia Quintero, María Eugenia Cárdenas, Álvaro GuisaoUsuga, Florentino Guisao-Usuga, Gloria Gómez, Verónica Marín and Nemecio Oquendo.
3.
To remind the State that it must allow the petitioners to take part in planning and
implementing the protection measures and that, in general, it must keep them informed
about progress regarding the measures ordered by this Court.
4.
To request the representatives, according to what was set forth in Considering
paragraph 24 of this Order, to forward within six months as from notification of the instant
Order, specific information on the situation of María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid
Manrique, Erik Arellana-Bautista, Daniel Prado, Silvia Quintero, María Eugenia Cárdenas,
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Judge Humberto Sierra Porto, a Colombian national, did not participate in the discussion of this
Order, in accordance with Articles 19(2) of the Statute and 19 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure.