Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of January 26, 2009
Provisional Measures
regarding Honduras
Case of López-Álvarez et al.
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the
Court” or the “Inter-American Court”) of June 13, 2005, wherein it decided:
1.
To request the State to adop[t] forthwith such measures as may be necessary
to protect the life and physical integrity of Alfredo López-Álvarez, Teresa Reyes-Reyes,
and Gregoria Flores-Martínez, who will appear as witnesses before the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights at the public hearing to be held on June 28, 2005, regarding the
case of López-Álvarez.
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2.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of September 21, 2005, wherein it
decided:
1.
To reiterate the Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 13,
2005, requiring the State to adop[t] such measures as may be necessary to protect the
life and physical integrity of Alfredo López-Álvarez, Teresa Reyes-Reyes, and Gregoria
Flores-Martínez.
2.
To require the State to:
a) exten[d] the provisional measures in order to protect the life and physical
integrity of Gregoria Flores-Martínez’s mother and daughters;
b) effectively secur[e] and implemen[t] the necessary conditions so that
Gregoria Flores-Martínez, who was forced to leave the country, may return to
her home safely;
c) conduc[t] forthwith an investigation into the facts of the case which
prompted the adoption and maintenance of these provisional measures in order
to identify those responsible for such facts and punish them accordingly; and
d) allo[w] the beneficiaries’ representatives to take part in the planning and
implementation of the protection measures and, in general, to kee[p] them
informed about the progress regarding compliance with the measures ordered
by the Inter-American Court.
3.
To request the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures
to submi[t] to the Court, within seven days as from notice of this Order, the name and
address of Gregoria Flores-Martínez’s mother and daughters, in whose behalf the State
must adopt the protection measures referred to above.
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