12 and the State. In adopting urgent measures, this Presidency is only guaranteeing that the Court is able to faithfully exercise its conventional mandate.8 NOW, THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, based on Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and in use of the attributions conferred upon him by Article 25(4) of its Rules of Procedure, after consulting with all judges in the Court, DECIDES: 1. To require the State of the necessary measures to protect the Charles and Berson Gelim, so that Court of Human Rights decides to effects. Dominican Republic to adopt, forthwith, the life and personal integrity of Rafaelito Pérez the provisional measures the Inter-American order, when appropriate, may take relevant 2. To require the State of the Dominican Republic to refrain from deporting or expelling Rafaelito Pérez Charles from its territory. 3. To require the State of the Dominican Republic to allow the immediate return of Berson Gelim to its territory, even making it possible for him to meet with his son. 4. To require the State of the Dominican Republic, in its first report on the provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on August 18, 2000, to also report on the urgent measures it has adopted in compliance with this Decision, to inform the Court in its next session. 5. To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit remarks to the report of the State of the Dominican Republic within a period of six weeks after being received. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary So ordered, 8 Cf. James et al. Case, Provisional Measures, Decision of June 19, 1999. Series E No. 2; James et al. Case, Provisional Measures, Decision of May 11,1999. Series E No. 2; James et al. Case, Provisional Measures, Decision of July 22, 1998. Series E No.2; James et al. Case, Provisional Measures, Decision of July 13, 1998. Series E No.2; James et al. Case, Provisional Measures, Decision of June 29, 1998. Series E No. 2; and James et al. Case, Provisional Measures, Decision of May 27, 1998. Series E No.2.

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