Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of May 3, 2008
Provisional Measures
with regard to Colombia
Case of the Mapiripán Massacre
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order for urgent measures issued by the President of the Inter-American Court
of Human Rights on February 4, 2005, in which he decided:
1.
To require the State to take such steps as might be necessary, forthwith, to protect the
rights to life and humane treatment of the following persons and their next of kin:
1. Carmen Johana Jaramillo-Giraldo, 2. Esther Pinzón-López, 3. Sara Paola Pinzón-López,
4. María Teresa Pinzón-López, 5. Yur Mary Herrera-Contreras, 6. Zully Herrera-Contreras,
7. Maryuri Caicedo-Contreras, 8. Nadia Marina Valencia-Sanmiguel, 9. Yinda Adriana
Valencia-Sanmiguel, 10. Johana Marina Valencia-Sanmiguel, 11. Gustavo CaicedoContreras, 12. Rusbel Asdrúbal Martínez-Contreras, 13. Roland Andrés ValenciaSanmiguel, 14. Ronald Mayiber Valencia-Sanmiguel, 15. Luis Guillermo Pérez, 16. Nory
Giraldo de Jaramillo, 17. Marina San Miguel-Duarte, 18. Viviana Barrera-Cruz, 19. Luz
Mery Pinzón-López, and 20. Mariela Contreras-Cruz.
2.
To require the State to investigate the facts that gave rise to said urgent measures, and
to identify those responsible and punish them as appropriate.
3.
To require the State to allow the representatives of the beneficiaries to participate in the
planning and implementation of the provisional measures, and, in general, to inform the Court of
the progress regarding the implementation of said measures.
[…]
2.
The Order for provisional measures issued by the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights (hereinafter, “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) on June 27, 2005, in which
the Court decided, inter alia:
1.
To ratify the Order for urgent measures issued by the President on February 4, 2005.
2.
To require the State to take such steps as might be necessary, forthwith, to protect the
rights to life and humane treatment of the following persons and their next of kin:
1. Carmen Johana Jaramillo-Giraldo,
2. Esther Pinzón-López,
3. Sara Paola Pinzón-López,
4. María Teresa Pinzón-López,
5. Yur Mary Herrera-Contreras,
6. Zully Herrera-Contreras,
7. Maryuri Caicedo-Contreras,
8. Nadia Marina Valencia-Sanmiguel,
9. Yinda Adriana Valencia-Sanmiguel,
10. Johana Marina Valencia-Sanmiguel,
11. Gustavo Caicedo-Contreras,
12. Rusbel Asdrúbal Martínez-Contreras,
13. Roland Andrés Valencia-Sanmiguel,
14. Ronald Mayiber Valencia-Sanmiguel,