2 1. At any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63.2 of the Convention. … 4. If the Court is not sitting, the President, in consultation with the Permanent Commission and, if possible, with the other judges, shall call upon the government concerned to adopt such urgent measures as may be necessary to ensure the effectiveness of any provisional measures subsequently ordered by the Court at its next session. 4. That the request for provisional measures relates to the Bámaca Velásquez case, which is being processed before the Court. 5. That the Commission has alleged that the situation of Santiago Cabrera López is of extreme gravity and urgency and that the adoption of provisional measures is necessary to avoid irreparable damage. 6. That, in this matter, it is pertinent to exercise the power of the President to decree urgent measures in order to ensure the effectiveness of the decision that the Court will take during its next Regular Session. THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to Article 63.2 of the American Convention of Human Rights, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure and in consultation with the Permanent Council, DECIDES: 1. To call upon the State of Guatemala to adopt the measures necessary to effectively ensure the personal integrity of Santiago Cabrera López without delay, so that the Court may examine the pertinence of the provisional measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 2. To call upon the State of Guatemala to provide information, by July 17, 1998, at the latest, on the measures taken in compliance with this order, together with its opinion on the measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in order to submit this information to the consideration of the Court. 3. To call upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations on the initial report of the State of Guatemala to the Court within one month of the date on which the report is forwarded to it. 4. To submit the request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, this order, the report presented by the State of Guatemala and the respective observations of the Commission to the consideration of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights during its XLI Regular Session.