Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Of February 2, 2010 Provisional Measures regarding Colombia Matter of Giraldo-Cardona et al. Having Seen: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Court”, the “Inter-American Court” or the “Tribunal”) of October 28, 1996 and the Orders of the Court of February 5 and April 16, 1997; June 19 and November 27, 1998; September 30, 1999; December 3, 2001 and November 29, 2006. In the last Order, the Court decided, inter alia: 1. [T]o request the State to maintain the provisional measures and adopt such other measures as may be necessary to protect the life and physical integrity of Sister Noemy Palencia (as soon as she returns to Meta Department), of Islena Rey, and of Mariela de Giraldo and her two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo[;] 2. [T]o reiterate the request made to the State to investigate the facts denounced which gave rise to the adoption of these measures in order to identify those responsible for such acts and, where appropriate, punish them, and to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights about said investigation[;] 3. [T]o reiterate the request made to the State to inform about the steps taken in order to reopen the Comité Cívico por los Derechos Humanos del Meta (Meta Department Human Rights Civic Committee) [and] 4. [T]o reiterate the request made to the State so that the beneficiaries of the provisional measures be allowed to take part in the planning and implementation thereof and, in general, to keep them informed about the progress regarding the compliance with the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 2. The Order of the President of the Court of December 18, 2009, by means of which it decided to convene the State of Colombia (hereinafter, the “State” or “Colombia”), the Colombian Jurists Commission – representative of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures (hereinafter, the “representatives”) and the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Inter-American Commission”) to a public hearing in order to obtain information from the parties about the implementation of the provisional measures ordered in this matter. 3. The arguments put forward by the parties at the public hearing on these provisional measures held on January 29, 2010 at the seat of the Tribunal.1 1 To this hearing, there appeared: a) on behalf of the Colombian State: Carlos Franco Echeverría, Director of the Presidential Program on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law; Margarita Rey Anaya, Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Miguel Soto, Group Coordinator of the protection and information issues of the Department of Human Rights and IHL of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ekateria Ortiz Linares, Adviser of the Human Rights and