ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF FEBRUARY 25, 2011
PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO COLOMBIA
CASE OF CABALLERO DELGADO AND SANTANA
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The judgments on merits, and on reparations and costs in the case of
Caballero Delgado and Santana delivered by the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) on December 8, 1995,
and January 29, 1997, respectively.
2.
The Orders of the Inter-American Court of December 7, 1994, January 31,
April 16 and September 19, 1997, June 3, 1999, July 4, 2006, February 6, 2008,
December 8, 2009, and February 3, 2010, as well as the Orders of the President of
the Court of December 10, 2007, and December 8, 2009, all issued in relation to the
present provisional measures. In its most recent Order, the Court decided, inter alia:
1.
To lift and conclude the provisional measures ordered by the Court in its Orders of April
16, 1997, June 3, 1999, July 4, 2006, and February 6, 2008, in favor of Gonzalo Arias Alturo.
2.
To require the State to continue adopting the necessary measures to protect the life and
personal integrity of Maria Nodelia Parra.
3.
To ask the State to present to the Court, by March 31, 2010, at the latest, a new
assessment of the level of risk and degree of threat in relation to Maria Nodelia Parra, in the
terms of the twenty-sixth considering paragraph of the Order.
3.
The arguments of the parties during the public hearing regarding these
provisional measures held at the seat of the Court on January 29, 2010.
4.
The briefs of March 31, May 4, June 1, August 19 and October 22, 2010, with
attachments, in which the Republic of Colombia (hereinafter “the State” or
“Colombia”), inter alia, (a) requested extensions in order to forward the new
assessment of the level of risk and degree of threat requested by the Court; (b)
provided information on a meeting that had been held with the beneficiary and her
representatives in relation to the preparation of the said assessment, and (c)
presented specific information regarding the Court’s request to prepare the new risk
assessment and evaluation of the actual situation of protection of María Nodelia
Parra (hereinafter also “the beneficiary” or “Mrs. Parra”).
5.
The briefs of June 16 and 30, 2010, and their attachments, with which the
representatives of the beneficiary (hereinafter also “the representatives”), inter alia,
presented their observations on the information forwarded by the State on the
preparation of a new assessment of the level of risk and degree of threat.