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reprisals.
3.
To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala inform the
military authorities of the Military Zone to which the Civil Defense Committees of San
Pedro Jocopilas answer, to instruct these Committees to refrain from taking any actions
that would put the lives or personal integrity of the individuals named at risk.
4.
To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala submit a report
to the President of the Court every 30 days from the date of this Order, on the measures
taken pursuant to this Order, so as to bring the information to the attention of the Court.
5.
To instruct the Secretariat of the Court to transmit the reports presented by the
Government of the Republic of Guatemala to the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights without delay, which shall then present its observations not later than fifteen days
after receipt of the pertinent information.
6.
To submit this Order for the Court's consideration and pertinent effects during
its next regular session and, if it deems it appropriate, to hold a public hearing on this
matter during that same period.
3.
On June 30, 1995, the President decided to summon the Government of the
Republic of Guatemala (hereinafter "the Government" or "Guatemala") and the
Inter-American Commission to appear at a public hearing on September 16, 1995 so
that the Court could hear the parties' respective viewpoints, before making a
decision on the Commission's request.
4.
On July 20, 1995, the Commission submitted to the Inter-American Court a
request for expansion of the measures, ordered by the President on June 4 of this
same year, to include Mrs. Lorraine Maric Fischer-Pivaral, sister of Mrs. Karen Fischer
de Carpio. On July 26, 1995 the President issued an Order in which he decided:
1.
To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala expand the
urgent measures set forth in the Order of the President of June 4, 1995, to include Mrs.
Lorraine Maric Fischer-Pivaral and to request that the Government investigate and
punish those responsible for the events denounced by the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights.
2.
To request that the Republic of Guatemala comply with the submission of the
first report, as ordered in resolutory part 4 of the June 4, 1995 Order of the President,
and include Mrs. Lorraine Maric Fischer-Pivaral in subsequent reports which must be
submitted within the time-limits set in said Order.
5.
On August 1, 1995, Guatemala submitted to the Inter-American Court a copy
of its first report dated June 27, 1995, in which it enumerated the precautionary
measures taken in response to the Inter-American Commission's request dated
October 24, 1994 regarding the family members and other persons connected to the
Carpio Nicolle Case. In that report it affirmed that on November 23, 1994 the
Headquarters of the National Police ordered that the necessary security measures be
provided to said persons. These measures were extended, at the request of the
Commission, to the Prosecutor of the Justice Department, Mr. Abraham MéndezGarcía, who is in charge of the investigation in the case of Mr. Carpio-Nicolle's death.
That same day, the Court transmitted the report to the Commission so that it could
make any comments it considered relevant.
6.
On August 3, 1995, the Government sent the Court a copy of its second
report dated July 31, 1995 in which the Government informed the Court that a
meeting had taken place on July 7 of this year, which was attended by Marta Elena
Arrivillaga de Carpio, Karen Fischer de Carpio, Mario López-Arrivillaga and Abraham
Méndez-García. At that meeting, the Minister of the Interior presented those named