12. This notwithstanding, the Court recalls that States have the constant and permanent duty to comply with their general obligations under Article 1(1) of the Convention to respect the rights and liberties acknowledged in the Convention and guarantee their free and full exercise to all persons subject to its jurisdiction.8 13. Likewise, the Tribunal recalls that, pursuant to the provisions of Article 54 of its Rules of Procedure, States may not put the representatives or legal advisors of the victims on trial or retaliate against them or their next of kin based on their legal defense before the Court. THEREFORE THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, by virtue of the authority granted by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 27 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To deny the request for provisional measures filed by Alejandro Ponce Villacís and Alejandro Ponce Martínez, representatives of the victim in the case of Salvador Chiriboga vs. Ecuador. 2. To require the Secretariat of the Court to notify Alejandro Ponce Villacís and Alejandro Ponce Martínez, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, and the State of Ecuador of this order. 8 Cfr. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez. Provisional Measures regarding Honduras. Order of the Court of January 15, 1988, Considering 3; Matter of the Forensic Anthropology Foundation, supra footnote 5, Considering 41, and Matter of the Socio-Educational Internment Facility, supra footnote 6, Considering 14. 6