5 children, Víctor Hansel Morales López, Edgar Ibal Martínez López and Sylvia Patricia Martínez López for six months more, and to request Guatemala to conduct an exhaustive assessment of the safety conditions of the beneficiaries of the measures so as to take a decision on lifting them and, in particular to conduct an investigation into the complaint concerning the threats received by Víctor Hansel Morales López. 18. The communication of the Inter-American Commission of June 3, 2003, in which it indicated that it had verified that Justo Victoriano Martínez Morales had died on December 13, 2002. The Commission also stated that it had received information from Floridalma Rosalina López Molina, who affirmed that the death threats received in relation to the testimony given by Justo Victoriano Martínez Morales in the Blake case were addressed to both Mr. Martínez and his family and, in particular, she indicated that one of her sons had received death threats from unknown persons. In view of the foregoing, the Commission stated that, considering the “particular vulnerability of the Martínez López family, as well as the act of harassment that had occurred on [June 2] against one of its members, it was in order to maintain the provisional measures for a prudent period of six months.” 19. The judgments on merits and reparations in the instant case delivered by the Court on January 24, 1998, and January 22, 1999, respectively. CONSIDERING: 1. That Guatemala has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention”) since May 25, 1978, and recognized the contentious jurisdiction of the Court on March 9, 1987. 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention establishes that, in cases of “extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court shall adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters it has under consideration. 3. That the Court, in the Orders adopted on September 22, 1995, April 18, 1997, August 18, 2000, and June 2, 2001, called upon the State to adopt the necessary measures to safeguard the life and safety of Justo Victoriano Martínez Morales and his next of kin, Floridalma Rosalina López Molina, Víctor Hansel Morales López, Edgar Ibal Martínez López and Sylvia Patricia Martínez López (supra second, third, fourth and fifth having seen paragraphs). 4. That, on December 13, 2002, the State requested that the provisional measures in favor of all the beneficiaries should be lifted, owing to the death of Justo Victoriano Martínez Morales and because, while they were in force, “there were no incidents to demonstrate a real and imminent situation of danger for the life and safety of the beneficiary and his next of kin.” (supra eighth having seen paragraph). 5. That, in the instant case, the State was requested to provide clarification with regard to the name of Justo Victoriano Martínez Morales, a beneficiary of the measures, which was submitted on March 11, 2003 (supra thirteenth having seen paragraph). 6. That the Commission and the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures did not forward their comments on the request for the lifting of the provisional measures, despite being requested to do so by this Court on several