9 about the steps it has taken to comply with all the reparations ordered by the Court in the allotted time. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to its authority to monitor compliance with its decisions, in accordance with Articles 33, 62(1), 62(3), 65, 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, 25(1) and 30 of its Statute, and 29(2) of its Rules of Procedure, DECLARES: 1. That the State of Paraguay has failed to comply with the fifth to seventeenth paragraphs of the judgment on merits, reparations, and costs delivered in this case, as indicated in considering paragraphs 5 to 17 of this Order. 2. That it will keep open the procedure to monitor compliance with all aspects of the judgment. AND DECIDES: 1. To require the State to provide immediately the basic goods and services and medical care necessary for the survival of the members of the Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community, in the terms of paragraph 230 of the judgment delivered in this case, so that deaths, such as those that occurred recently, do not continue. In this regard, paragraph 230 indicates: […] while the members of the Community remain landless, the State shall immediately, regularly and permanently adopt measures to: (a) supply sufficient drinking water for consumption and personal hygiene to the members of the Community; (b) provide medical check-ups and care to all the members of the Community, especially the children, the elderly and women, together with periodic deparasitation and vaccination campaigns, respecting their practices and customs; (c) deliver food of adequate quantity and quality; (d) set up latrines or other type of sanitation facilities in the settlements of the Community, and (e) provide the school of the “Santa Elisa” settlement with all necessary material and human resources, and establish a temporary school with all necessary material and human resources for the children of the “Kilómetro 16” settlement. The education provided must respect the cultural values of the Community and of Paraguay, insofar as possible, and be bilingual: in the Exent language and, at the discretion of the members of the Community, in either Spanish or Guarani. 2. To require the State to establish, forthwith, in the Santa Elisa and Kilómetro 16 settlements of the Sawhoyamaxa Community, a communication system that will allow the victims to contact the competent health authorities to attend emergency cases, in accordance with the tenth operative paragraph of the judgment delivered in this case. 3. To require the State to adopt all necessary measures to comply effectively and promptly with the judgment, as stipulated in Article 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights.

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