ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JUNE 3, 1999 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDERED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA COLOTENANGO CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The June 22, 1994 order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) whereby: 1. [It] require[d] the Government of Guatemala to adopt without delay measures to protect the right to life and the personal integrity of PATRICIA ISPANEL MEDIMILLA, MARCOS GODÍNEZ PÉREZ, NATIVIDAD GODÍNEZ PEREZ, MARIA SALES LOPEZ, RAMIRO GODÍNEZ PÉREZ, JUAN GODÍNEZ PÉREZ, MIGUEL GODÍNEZ DOMINGO, ALBERTO GODÍNEZ, MARÍA GARCÍA DOMINGO, GONZALO GODÍNEZ LÓPEZ, ARTURO FEDERICO MÉNDEZ ORTIZ and ALFONSO MORALES JIMÉNEZ. 2. [It] request[ed] the Government of Guatemala to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the aforementioned persons may continue to reside at or return to their homes in Colotenango, providing them the assurances that they shall not be persecuted or threatened by agents of the Government or by individuals. [...]; 2. The Court’s December 1, 1994 order extending the provisional measures adopted and expanding them to include Mrs. Francisca Sales Martín; 3. The Court’s February 1, 1996 order requesting the State of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State) that, in addition to the measures already taken, it establish mechanisms to control and police the civil patrols operating in Colotenango; 4. The Court’s April 16, 1997 decision to order the State to maintain the provisional measures in the instant case as long as the extremely grave and urgent situation that led to the adoption of provisional measures persisted; 5. The Court’s September 19, 1997 order wherein [...] 2. [It] call[ed] upon the State of Guatemala to expand the measures adopted in this Case for the purpose of ensuring the right to life and physical integrity of Andrés Ramos-Godínez, Rafael Vásquez-Simón, Juan Mendoza-Sánchez, Julia Gabriel-Simón, Miguel Morales-Mendoza, Lucía Quila-Colo and Fermina López-Castro. 3. [It] call[ed] upon the State of Guatemala to investigate the facts denounced by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and publish those responsible.

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