ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 24, 2010 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING VENEZUELA MATTER OF THE ARAGUAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY “TOCORÓN PRISON” HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) of October 18, 2010 and attachments whereby it submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court,” “the Court,” or “the Tribunal”) a request for provisional measures pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and Article 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”) with the aim of ensuring that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter “the State” or “Venezuela”) protect the lives and physical integrity of the inmates and other persons present in the Araguan Correctional Facility, also known as Tocorón prison. 2. The alleged facts upon which the Commission’s request for provisional measures is based, to wit: a) Tocorón prison is located on the National Highway of Villa de Cura in Tocorón, Aragua State, and has a capacity of 750 along with a female wing. According to information provided by the Commission, at the end of August 2010 the total population of the prison was 3,211, resulting in overcrowding of some 300% percent; b) in the last three years incidents of intra-prison violence have increased: in 2008, 28 inmates died; in 2009, 26 perished; and during the first half of 2010, 30 inmates had already lost their lives;