Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights * of November 21, 2007 Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela Matter of the “Globovisión” Television Station HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order issued by the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) of August 3, 2004, in which, in consultation with the judges of the Court, he decided: 1. To require the State to adopt, forthwith, all necessary measures to safeguard and protect the life, personal integrity, and freedom of expression of the Globovisión journalists, management and employees, and of other persons who are on the premises of this medium or who are directly linked to the journalistic operations of this medium. 2. To require the State to adopt, forthwith, all necessary measures to provide protection to the perimeter of the offices of the social communication medium, Globovisión. 3. To require the State to investigate the facts that gave rise to the adoption of the […] measures, in order to identify those responsible and impose the corresponding sanctions. 4. To require the State to allow the representatives of the beneficiaries of these measures to take part in the planning and implementation of the measures and, in general, to keep them informed about progress in the measures ordered by the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. […] 8. To require the State to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, on compliance with the measures adopted, and to require the representatives of the beneficiaries of these measures to submit their observations on the bi-monthly reports of the State, within one month of receiving them, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on these State reports within six weeks of receiving them. […] 2. The Order of the Court of September 4, 2004, in which it decided: 1. To ratify all aspects of the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 3, 2004, […] and, consequently, to require the State to maintain any measures it had adopted and to adopt, forthwith, all necessary measures to comply with the measures decided in the said Order. 2. To require the State to continue investigating the facts that gave rise to the adoption of these measures in order to identity those responsible and impose the corresponding sanctions. * Judge Diego García-Sayán excused himself from taking part in the deliberation and signature of this Order.