presented between May 2010 and May 2011. For this reason, the Court urges the State to report in the most urgent and conscientious way possible on the status and whereabouts of Mr. Natera Balboa, along with the measures taken in his favor and toward attending the need for protection in this matter. 13. The Tribunal finds it pertinent to recall that given a request for provisional measures, the Court can only consider those arguments that are directly related to extreme gravity, urgency and the need to avoid irreparable damages to persons. Any additional fact or argument can only be examined and resolved during the deliberations on the merits in the adversarial case.7 Thus, the adoption of provisional measures does not imply an eventual decision on the merits of the current dispute between the petitioners and the State should the case in the end come before the Court,8 nor does it prejudge State responsibility for the facts denounced. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, by way of the authority conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and articles 27 and 31 of the Rules of Procedure of the Tribunal,9 DECIDES TO: 1. Reiterate that the State must adopt, immediately, the measures necessary to determine the status and whereabouts of Eduardo José Natera Balboa and to protect his life and personal integrity. 2. Reiterate that the State has the obligation to inform the Inter-American Court in a specific and detailed manner on the implementation of the measures ordered. 7 Cf. Matter of James et al. Provisional Measures regarding Trinidad and Tobago. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 29, 1998, Considering 6, and Matter of Fernández Ortega et al., supra footnote 1, Considering 18; and Matter of Carlos Nieto Palma et al. Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 26, 2009, Considering 22. Matter of the Socio-Educational Internment Facility. Provisional Measures regarding Brazil, Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of February 25, 2011, Considering 9, and Matter of the Colombian Commission of Jurists. Request for Provisional Measures regarding Colombia, Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 25, 2010, Considering 7. 8 Cf. Case of James et al. supra footnote 7, Considering 6; Matter of the Socio-Educational Internment Facility, supra footnote 7, Considering 9, and Matter of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, supra footnote 7, Considering 7. 9 Rules of Procedure of the Court approved in its LXXXV Ordinary Period of Sessions held on November 16-28, 2009. 6