5. That Article 1.1 of the Convention indicates the obligation of States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms embodied in the Convention and to guarantee their free and full exercise to all persons subject to their jurisdiction 6. That the information submitted in this case reveals the existence of a situation of risk to the life and personal safety of Manuel de Jesús González Chinchilla. This situation could be related to the fact that, recently, Mr. González Chinchilla was a witness in the Paniagua Morales et al. case. The Court also takes into consideration, the pattern of violence that has been confirmed in the case, and also in other cases processed before the Court concerning Guatemala, and the modus operandi of Mr. González Chinchilla’s attackers. 7. The standard for prima facie evaluation of a case and the application of presumptions when there is a need for protection have led this Court to order provisional measures on different occasions2. 8. That, in its jurisprudence, this Court has protected witnesses who have made statements before the Court, by adopting provisional measures3. Human Rights of December 13, 2000, seventh considering clause; Constitutional Court case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 7, 2000. Series E No. 2, sixth considering clause; Velásquez Rodríguez, Fairén Garbi and Solís Corrales, and Godínez Cruz cases. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of January 15, 1988. Series E No. 1, fourth and fifth considering clauses.) 2 (Cf., inter alia, Loayza Tamayo case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 13, 2000, seventh considering clause; Ivcher Bronstein case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 23, 2000, fifth considering clause; Peace Community of San José de Apartadó case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 9, 2000, fourth considering clause. Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian Origin in the Dominican Republic case. Provisional Measures. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of August 18, 2000, fifth and ninth considering clause; Constitutional Court. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 7, 2000. Series E No. 2, seventh considering clause; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 17, 1999, Provisional Measures in the Digna Ochoa y Plácido et al. case, fifth considering clause; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 3, 1999, Provisional Measures in the Cesti Hurtado case, fourth considering clause; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of May 27, 1999, Provisional Measures in the James et al. case, eighth considering clause; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 19, 1998, Provisional Measures in the Clemente Teherán et al. case, fifth considering clause; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 22, 1997, Provisional Measures in the Alvarez et al. case, fifth considering clause; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 16, 1995, Provisional Measures in the Blake case, fourth considering clause; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 26, 1995, Provisional Measures in the Carpio Nicolle case, fourth considering clause; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 4, 1994, in the Carpio Nicolle case, fifth considering clause; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 7, 1994, Provisional Measures in the Caballero Delgado and Santana case, third considering clause; and Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 22, 1994, Provisional Measures in the Colotenango case, fifth considering clause). 3 (Cf., inter alia, Bámaca Velásquez case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 29, 1998. Series E No. 2; Bámaca Velásquez case. Provisional Measures. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 30, 1998. Series E No. 2; Blake case. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 18, 1997. Series E No. 2;

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