ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS* OF NOVEMBER 25, 2006 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING GUATEMALA IN FAVOR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EQUIPO DE ESTUDIOS COMUNITARIOS Y ACCIÓN PSICOSOCIAL (COMMUNITY STUDIES AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ACTION TEAM) (ECAP) CASE OF THE PLAN DE SÁNCHEZ MASSACRE HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of October 15, 2006 and its Appendixes, through which the Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (Center for Legal Action in Human Rights) (hereinafter the “CALDH” or “the representatives") filed a request for provisional measures under Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) and Article 25 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), seeking for the State of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State” or “Guatemala”) to protect the lives and physical integrity of the members of the Asociación Civil Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Psicosocial (Community Studies and Psychosocial Action Team Association) (hereinafter “the ECAP”), “who are supporting the process of granting reparations to the victims and survivors of the Case of Plan de Sánchez Massacre”. 2. The supporting facts upon which the CALDH sought to base its request for provisional measures, to wit: a) the ECAP was formed on March 31, 1997 as a non-governmental, nonprofit organization for promoting issues of human and academic import, aimed at helping individuals, social groups and communities to recover from the psychological, social, and cultural damage caused by political violence in Guatemala. The ECAP has offices in the City of Guatemala and in Rabinal, Baja Verapaz; b) the ECAP has participated in the preparation of psychological expert examinations for court purposes; one of them was submitted by Nieves Gómez Dupuis during the public hearing held by the Court in the case of Plan de Sánchez Massacre; * Judge Oliver Jackman did not take part in the deliberation and signature of this judgment, because he advised that, due to circumstances beyond his control, he would be unable to participate in the Seventysecond Regular Session of the Court