ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS* OF JULY 4, 2006 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES SUBMITTED BY THE INTERAMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA MATTER OF GUERRERO-GALLUCCI AND MARTÍNEZ-BARRIOS HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of June 20, 2006 and its Appendixes, whereby the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “The Commission”) submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Tribunal”), in accordance with Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the American Convention") and 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules of Procedure"), a request for provisional measures aimed at having the State of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter "the State" or "Venezuela") adopt such measures as may be necessary to “protect Ms. María del Rosario Guerrero-Gallucci and Mr. Adolfo Segundo Martínez-Barrios from [allegedly] imminent violations of their rights to life and personal integrity.” 2. The alleged facts on which the request for provisional measures submitted by the Commission is founded, to wit, that: * a. Ms. Guerrero-Gallucci is a member of a human rights group of Guárico State, in which the state police allegedly perpetrated more than 100 executions in the last five years. Ms. Guerrero publicly denounced the police and other state agents and representatives of said state for their alleged participation in some of these executions; b. Ms. Guerrero-Gallucci has been an alleged victim of extortion by police officers, which prompted her to file a criminal action. Furthermore, she denounced having been a victim of attacks and threats since 2001; c. Ms. Guerrero-Gallucci is a witness in a case pending before a criminal court against the Director of Las Verdades de Miguel (Miguel's Truths) weekly magazine, which was allegedly brought by the Governor of Guárico State for defamation and slander; Judge Oliver Jackman informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he would not be able to attend the Seventy-first Regular Session; therefore, he did not take part in the deliberation and signing of this Order.