2 4. The Order of August 6, 2008, wherein the Court decided: 1. To call upon the State to maintain such measures as may be necessary to protect the life and physical integrity of Leonel Rivero-Rodríguez, María de los Ángeles Espinosa-Sánchez, Augusto César Sandino Rivero-Espinosa, Luisa Amanda Rivero-Espinosa and María Katherina Rivero-Espinosa, until December 15, 2008, under the same conditions as those established by the Court in its Order of February 6, 2008. […] 5. Reports 37 to 41 of the United States of Mexico (hereinafter, “the State” or “Mexico”) submitted on February 19, April 23, June 20, August 19 and October 20, 2008, as well as other briefs, wherein said State reported on the protection measures adopted in favor of the beneficiaries and referred to the investigation of the facts that prompted the adoption of provisional measures. 6. The briefs submitted by the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures (hereinafter, “the representatives”) on March 28, May 27, July 18, September 24 and November 21, 2008, wherein they expounded their observations on the State’s reports. 7. The briefs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) submitted on April 17, July 10, August 8 and October 8, 2008, wherein it expounded its observations on Mexico’s reports. Considering: 1. That Mexico has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention”) since March 24, 1981, and that, pursuant to Article 62 thereof, it accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court on December 16, 1998. 2. That Article 63(2) of the Convention establishes that in “cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court may, with regard to a case not yet submitted to it, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, at the request of the Commission. 3. That, in this regard, Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights establishes that: 1. At any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. 2. With regard to matters not yet submitted to it, the Court may act at the request of the Commission. […]