Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 3, 2007 Provisional Measures Regarding the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Matter of Carlos Nieto Palma et al HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court”, “the Court” or “the Tribunal”) of 9 July 2004, which granted provisional measures in favor of Mr. Carlos Nieto Palma and his next of kin, Yvonne Palma Sánchez, Eva Teresa Nieto Palma and John Carmelo Laicono Nieto. 2. The Order of the Inter-American Court of September 22, 2006, which decided: […] 2. To reiterate that the State must maintain the measures it would have adopted and take forthwith such other measures as may be necessary to effectively protect the life, physical integrity and personal liberty of Carlos Nieto Palma, as well as the lives and physical integrity of Yvonne Palma Sánchez, Eva Teresa Nieto Palma and John Carmelo Laicono Nieto. 3. To order the beneficiaries of the provisional measures or the representative thereof to inform the Inter-American Court in detail and specifically within ten days of the date of service of the […] Order about the need to maintain these provisional measures on behalf of Eva Teresa Nieto Palma and John Carmelo Laicono Nieto, pursuant to considering clause thirteen. 4. To order the State to allow the beneficiaries of these measures to take part in the planning and implementation thereof and, in general, to keep them informed on the progress of the implementation of the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 5. To reiterate to the State that it shall continue to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights every two months on the provisional measures it has adopted; to request the beneficiaries of such measures or their representative to submit their observations within a period of four weeks of the service of the reports of the State; and to request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on said reports of the State within a period of six weeks from the date they are received. […] 3. The briefs submitted by Mr. Carlos Nieto Palma on November 19, 2006 and March 21, 2007, in which he indicated, inter alia, that: