ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS∗ OF JULY 4, 2006 PROVISIONAL MEASURES MATTER OF RAMÍREZ-HINOSTROZA ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the Tribunal") of September 21, 2005 on provisional measures, wherein it decided, inter alia, to ratify, in its entirety, the Order of the President of the Court (hereinafter "the President") of July 22, 2005, and, therefore, to call upon the State of Peru (hereinafter "the State" or "Peru") to maintain whatever measures it may have adopted and to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be necessary to comply with the decisions of said Order regarding the protection of the life and personal integrity of Mr. Luis Alberto Ramírez-Hinostroza, his wife Susana Silvia Rivera-Prado, his three daughters: Yolanda Susana Ramírez-Rivera, Karen Rose Ramírez-Rivera and Lucero Consuelo Ramírez-Rivera, and his attorney Carlos Rivera-Paz, taking into account the gravity of the situation and the special risk conditions. 2. The Order of the Court of February 7, 2006, wherein it decided, inter alia, to call upon the State of Peru (hereinafter "the State" or "Peru") to maintain, for three months as of the notification of the Order, whatever measures may be necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Mr. Carlos Rivera-Paz, awarded by its Order of September 21, 2005. Likewise, the Tribunal established that, upon lapse of said period of time, it would timely assess the need for said measures to remain in force, depending on the situation of Mr. Carlos Rivera-Paz, and would take a decision thereon. 3. The brief of February 21, 2006, wherein Mr. Carlos Rivera-Paz, beneficiary of provisional measures, informed the Court that the security measures ordered in his favor "have been regularly fulfilled by 2 officers of the Dirección de Seguridad del estado de la Policía Nacional del Perú (State Security Board of the National Peruvian Police) [...,], as was agreed in the meetings with the Secretaría Permanente de la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos del Ministerio del Interior (Permanent Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission of the Home Office)". ∗ Judge Oliver Jackman did not take part in the deliberations and signing of this Order, since he informed that, by reason of force majeure, he was unable to attend the LXXI Regular Session of the Tribunal.