5. Require the State to maintain the provisional measures necessary to protect the life of Mr. Bernardino Rodríguez Lara, so as not to hinder the processing of his case before the interAmerican system for the protection of human rights. […] 4. The briefs of July 8 and September 8, 2008, December 22, 2010, July 19, and November 4, 2011, wherein the Republic of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State” or “Guatemala”) presented its reports on the implementation of and compliance with the provisional measures. 5. The briefs of August 11 and October 15, 2008, February 8 and August 19, 2011, wherein the representatives of the beneficiary (hereinafter “the representatives”) presented their observations to the State’s reports (supra having seen paragraph 4). 6. The briefs of August 29 and October 30, 2008, April 7 and August 26, 2011, wherein the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) presented its observations to the State reports (supra having seen paragraph 4). 7. The note of the Secretariat of the Court of August 20, 2008, wherein it reiterated to the representatives that the information submitted “regarding the rulings issued on the appeals for review or protection `in which the death penalty [of other inmates] has not been commuted,´ as well as information regarding the prison conditions, are not the subject of these provisional measures, but are related to the monitoring compliance with the Judgments delivered in the cases of Raxcacó Reyes v. Guatemala and Fermín Ramírez v. Guatemala.” 8. The note of the Secretariat of the Court of April 13, 2011, wherein, following the instructions of the Court, the Inter-American Commission was asked to inform the Court, by no later than April 27, 2011, of “the status of the procedure in the case or petition of Mr. Bernardino Rodríguez Lara that is being processed before the Commission.” 9. The brief of April 28, 2011, wherein the Commission informed the Court that “Mr. Bernardino Rodríguez Lara’s petition is registered under the number P-169-04 and is currently in the stage of admissibility,” in response to the note of the Secretariat of April 13, 2011 (supra having seen paragraph 8). 10. The note of the Secretariat of the Court of March 14, 2012, wherein, following the Court’s instructions, the State was asked to submit another report “referring to the effectiveness of the Order of February 15, 2005, which ordered suspension of the execution of the death penalty imposed on Mr. Bernardino Rodríguez Lara.” 11. The brief of April 20, 2012, wherein the State presented a report on the implementation of and compliance with these provisional measures and asked the Court to lift the provisional measures ordered in favor of Bernardino Rodríguez Lara. 12. The briefs of May 25 and 29, 2012, wherein the representatives presented their observations to the State’s report, as well as the request to lift these measures (supra having seen paragraph 11). 13. The brief of June 14, 2012, wherein the Commission presented its observations to the State’s report, as well as the request to lift the present measures (supra having seen paragraph 11). 2

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