3 6. That the briefs submitted by the Commission and the State on May 19 and 31, 1999, respectively, contain information that suggests that the risk to the safety of the persons being protected has escalated since the events of April 30, 1999. The Court therefore considers that alternative mechanisms need to be adopted for continued compliance with the provisional measures ordered; 7. That the State must take all appropriate steps to involve the claimants in planning and executing the Court-ordered measures, so that the latter may be provided diligently and effectively; and 8. That the State’s obligation to investigate threats and intimidation experienced by persons under its protection is an essential part of the duty to protect, NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, based on Article 63(2) of the Convention and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To call upon the State of Guatemala to continue the measures required to protect the life and safety of the persons on whose behalf the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered provisional measures in its decisions of June 22 and December 1, 1994, and September 19, 1997. 2. To call upon the State of Guatemala to investigate the events that led to the adoption of those provisional measures, with a view to ascertaining the identity of those responsible and punishing them. 3. To call upon the State of Guatemala to urgently report on the alternative mechanisms necessitated by the events of April 30, 1999, and adopted in order to effectively carry out the provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 4. To call upon the State of Guatemala to involve the claimants in the planning and execution of the measures referred to in the preceding paragraph and, in general, to keep them informed of the progress made with the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 5. To call upon the State of Guatemala to continue to file reports on the provisional measures every two months, and to request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on those reports within six weeks of receiving them. Hernán Salgado-Pesantes President