4 Cruz Munguía-Sosa, General Regional Coordinator of COPREDEH. For the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights: Claudio Grossman, delegate, David J. Padilla, attorney, Denise Gilman, attorney, Ariel Dulitzky, assistant, Marcela Matamoros, assistant. 10. On September 16, 1995, during the public hearing, the Commission presented to the Court a document dated February 8, 1995 from Prosecutor Abraham Méndez-García addressed to the Central Regional Director of the United Nations Verification Commission for Guatemala -MINUGUA- in which he reported that he had "been the object of surveillance, harassment, intimidation, and assault" as a result of his procedural role in the investigation of the Carpio Nicolle Case, and that he had informed the proper authorities of these facts. In view of the submission of this document, the Government requested that the Court grant it a period of time to make observations, which was granted. Moreover, during the hearing the Government promised to make an appointment with Mr. Ángel Isidro Girón-Girón to verify the necessity of adopting provisional measures to protect his life and personal integrity. WHEREAS: 1. That Guatemala is a Party to the American Convention on Human Rights in which Article 1(1) sets forth the obligation of the State Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized in that treaty and to ensure their free and full exercise to all persons subject to its jurisdiction, and that on March 9, 1987 Guatemala accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to Article 62 of the Convention; 2. That Article 63(2) of the Convention provides 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. With respect to a case not yet submitted to the Court, it may act at the request of the Commission. 3. That Guatemala is obligated in every case to preserve the life and integrity of those persons whose rights could be threatened; 4. That the Court considers that the measures taken by the President on June 4 and July 26 of the present year are necessary and should be ratified, 5. That the Government of Guatemala, through its representative, explicitly and repeatedly expressed during the hearing its willingness to maintain and ensure the effectiveness of the provisional measures ordered by the Court in this case. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, exercising the authority conferred on it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention