ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF DECEMBER 1, 1994 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF GUATEMALA COLOTENANGO CASE The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, composed of the following judges: Rafael Nieto-Navia, President Héctor Fix-Zamudio, Vice-President Alejandro Montiel-Argüello, Judge Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, Judge; also present: Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary Ana María Reina, Deputy Secretary emits the following decision: 1. On June 20, 1994, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court") received from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission") a request for provisional measures dated June 17, 1994, regarding the "Colotenango" Case (Nº 11.212) against the Government of Guatemala (hereinafter "the Government" or "Guatemala"), which is currently before the Commission. 2. The request for provisional measures is based on Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Conven-tion" or "the American Convention"), 76 of the Regulations of the Com-mission, and 23 and 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules of Procedure"). 3. After consideration of the arguments and the evidence offered by the Commission, the Court, by virtue of the authority conferred on it by Article 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure, issued a decision dated June 22, 1994, the operative part of which reads as follows: 1. To require the Government of Guatemala to adopt without delay all necessary measures to protect the right to life and the personal integrity of PATRICIA ISPANELMEDIMILLA, MARCOS GODÍNEZ-PÉREZ, NATIVIDAD GODÍNEZ-PÉREZ, MARÍA SALESLÓPEZ, RAMIRO GODÍNEZ-PÉREZ, JUAN GODÍNEZ-PÉREZ, MIGUEL GODÍNEZ-DOMINGO, ALBERTO GODÍNEZ, MARÍA GAR-CÍA-DOMINGO ,GONZALO GODÍNEZ-LÓPEZ, ARTURO FEDERICO MÉNDEZ-ORTIZ and ALFONSO MORALES-JIMÉNEZ.