ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2011 PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA MATTER OF GIRALDO CARDONA ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 28, 1996, and the Orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) of February 5 and April 16, 1997, June 19 and November 27, 1998, September 30, 1999, December 3, 2001, November 29, 2006, and February 2, 2010. In the last Order, the Court decided, inter alia: 1. To require the State to maintain and adopt the necessary measures to continue protecting the life and physical integrity of Islena Rey and Mariela de Giraldo and the latter‟s two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo, and to report to the Court in this regard. 2. To require the State to provide information on the undertaking made, as indicated in the thirtieth and thirty-fourth considering paragraphs of [the said] Order. 3. To reiterate to the State that it must allow the beneficiaries or their representatives to participate in the planning and implementation of the protection measures and, in general, keep them informed of any progress in the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 4. To lift the measures adopted in favor of Sister Noemy Palencia, as established in the eighteenth considering paragraph of [the said] Order. 5. To require the parties to forward information on the public act to be held on February 26, 2010, in relation to the relaunch of the Civic Human Rights Committee of Meta. […] 2. The briefs of June 1 and 23, October 26 and December 13, 2010, in which the Republic of Colombia (hereinafter the “State” or “Colombia”) reported on the implementation of the provisional measures in this matter. 3. The communications of May 4 and 10, August 25, September 10, October 14 and December 23, 2010, and February 16, 2011, in which the representatives of the beneficiaries (hereinafter the “representatives”) presented their observations on the State‟s report, as well as additional information concerning the implementation of these provisional measures. 4. The communications of April 22, August 5 and December 17, 2010, and February 15, 2011, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Commission” or “the Commission”) presented its observations on the State‟s reports, and on the corresponding observations and information presented by the representatives concerning the implementation of these provisional measures.