ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 25, 2010 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES SUBMITTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA MATTER OF THE COLOMBIAN COMMISSION OF JURISTS HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter the “Inter-American Commission” or the “Commission”) of November 9, 2009, and attachments, whereby it filed with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter the “Inter-American Court,” the “Court,” or the “Tribunal”) a request for provisional measures pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter the “American Convention” or the “Convention”) and Rule 26 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter the “Rules of Procedure”) with the aim of requiring that the Republic of Colombia (hereinafter the “State” or “Colombia”) safeguard the lives and right to humane treatment of the members of the Colombian Commission of Jurists (hereinafter “CCJ”). 2. The alleged facts upon which the present request for provisional measures presented by the Commission is based, to wit: a) During 2003, various State officials accused the members of the CCJ of being “the legal arm of the FARC,” the “political-legal spokesmen for the FARC,” “inclined to engage in subversive activities,” and “fomenters of revolution.” In light of the impact that such allegations could have on the right to humane treatment of its members, the CCJ requested that the then-President of Colombia act in order to protect the rights of the organization pursuant to his constitutional duty to do so, which was denied; b) On September 8, 2003, the then-President of Colombia had accused human rights organizations of being “human rights traffickers,” “human rights politicians,” and “to be in the service of terrorism.” When faced with a petition to correct his remarks, the President apologized only for the tone he used and declared that “when it comes to Colombians’ security we will not show any weakness.” The State also announced its intention of initiating an investigation into the activities of non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”) present in the country in order to avoid that they be used “to attack the State.” Later, some paramilitary groups voiced support for the presidential speeches and confirmed that, in the Commission’s judgment, human rights organizations were in the paramilitaries’ sights;