ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JUNE 19, 1998 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF COLOMBIA GIRALDO CARDONA CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the President”) of October 28, 1996, in which he decided: 1. To call upon the Government of Colombia to adopt forthwith such measures as may be necessary to protect the life and physical safety of Sister Noemy Palencia, Islena Rey Rodríguez, Gonzalo Zárate, Mariela de Giraldo and her two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo, and to avoid irreparable damage to them, in strict compliance with the obligation to respect and guarantee human rights, which it undertook under Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To call upon the Government of Colombia to adopt forthwith such measures as may be necessary to ensure that the aforementioned persons may continue to live in their normal places of residence and return to their homes, providing them with the assurance that they will not be persecuted or threatened by Government agents or by private individuals. 3. To call upon the Government of Colombia to investigate the acts denounced which were perpetrated against the members of the Human Rights Committee of the Department of El Meta, with a view to punishing those responsible for those acts and, in particular, for the murder of Josué Giraldo-Cardona. … 2. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) of February 5, 1997, in which it decided: 1. To ratify the Order of the President of October 28, 1996. 2. To call upon the Government of the Republic of Colombia: a. To maintain the provisional measures in favor of Sister Noemy Palancia, Islena Rey Rodríguez, Gonzalo Zárate, and Mariela de Giraldo and her two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo. b. To take, as essential measure of the duty to protect, effective measures to investigate and, where appropriate, punish those responsible for the acts. 3. To call upon the Government of the Republic of Colombia to report every two months on the provisional measures taken.