THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of the authority conferred by Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and 27 and 31(2) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To require the State of Honduras to adopt all measures that are necessary and effective to protect the life and personal integrity of Sandra Lorena Ramos and of her three minor daughters. These provisional measures shall remain in force until September 30, 2013. 2. To require the State to make the pertinent arrangements to enable the representatives of the beneficiaries to participate in the planning and implementation of these protection measures and to keep them informed about the progress made in their execution. 3. To require the State to continue reporting to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights every three months, as from the notification of this Order, on the provisional measures adopted in accordance with this ruling. 4. To require the representatives of the beneficiaries to submit their observations to the reports of the State specified in the preceding paragraph, within four weeks of receiving these. Also, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights shall present its observations to the aforementioned briefs of the State and of the representatives within two weeks of receiving the respective observations of the representatives. 5. To require the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to notify this Order to the State of Honduras, the representatives of the beneficiaries and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 5