María Amaya Naranjo, Esteban Torres Naranjo and Luisa María Escudero Jiménez; and (ii) Maria del Socorro Mosquera Londoño. 7. According to the facts brought to the Court's attention by the Commission, Ms. Mery Naranjo Jimenez and Maria del Socorro Mosquera Londoño are human rights defenders in Medellin’s Comuna XIII. In particular, Mrs. Mosquera Londoño stands out as a community leader and defender of the human rights of women and girls in the Las Independencias neighborhood. She is also the president of the Las Independencias Women’s Association. The Commission noted that these women “have constantly denounced State representatives and agents for their alleged participation in serious human rights violations in Comuna XIII,”4 where the population “is comprised mainly of families that have been broken apart, many of them victims of the forced displacement.”5 The Commission indicated that urban militias are active in that area and that in 2002 “several military operations were carried out in that area” to eradicate the militias. It noted that, “There have been complaints that following the military operations and after the militias were eradicated, the areas were infiltrated by paramilitary groups.”6 8. On March 3, 2011, the Inter-American Commission asked that these provisional measures be broadened to the benefit of 10 relatives7 of beneficiary María del Socorro Mosquera based on the argument that the beneficiary and her relatives "have in recent months suffered a series of attacks and acts of harassment that place them in a situation of risk, vulnerability and constant persecution.” 9. On November 25, 2010, the Court issued an Order by which it monitored the implementation of these provisional measures in favor of their current beneficiaries. In the instant Order, the Tribunal will exclusively analyze the above mentioned request for expansion of provisional measures. 10. Article 63(2) of the Convention requires three conditions to be met for the Court to be able to order provisional measures: i) “extreme gravity”; ii) "urgency” and iii) that they attempt to “avoid irreparable damage to people”. These three conditions must coexist and must be present in every situation in which the Tribunal’s intervention is requested.8 4 Matter of Mery Naranjo et al., Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of the Court of July 5, 2006, Having Seen 2.a. 5 Matter of Mery Naranjo et al. Supra footnote 4, Having Seen 2.b. 6 Matter of Mery Naranjo et al., supra footnote 4, Having seen 2.c. Recently, the representatives informed the Tribunal that "there is a general situation of human rights violations in the neighborhood where the beneficiaries live as a result of the permanent incursion of paramilitary forces in a large part of the city, of the ‘failure of the demobilization, disarming and reinsertion process,’ and of the activities of criminal gangs.” For its part, the State has also made reference to “the context of violence in Medellin’s Comuna 13” which it argued was the result of, among other things, the criminal groups, the forming of and clashes between criminal gangs, murders, and arms trafficking. It has indicated that in response to the situation, "measures are being taken to reduce the levels of violence and criminality currently being seen." Matter of Mery Naranjo et al. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of the Court of November 25, 2010, Considering 65 and 66. 7 Namely, her children, Lubin Arjadi Mosquera, Hilda Milena Villa Mosquera, Iván Alberto Herrera Mosquera, Marlon Daniel Herrera Mosquera; her grandchildren, Luisa María Mosquera Guisao, Luis Alfonso Mosquera Guisao, Daniel Steven Herrera Vera, Luisa Fernanda Herrera Vera, Sofía Flores Montoya and her daughter-in-law, María Eugenia Guisao González. 8 Cf. Case of Carpio Nicolle et al. Provisional Measures regarding Guatemala. Order of the Court of June 6, 2009, Considering 14; Matter of Alvarado Reyes et al. Provisional Measures regarding Mexico. Order of the Court of November 26, 2010, Considering 43, and Matter of José Luis Galdámez Álvarez et al., supra footnote 2, Considering 8. 5

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