Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of May 02, 2008 Provisional Measures with regard to Brazil Matter of Urso Branco Prison HAVING SEEN: 1. The Orders issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Court”, “the Inter-American Court” or “the Tribunal”) on June 18, 2002; August 29, 2002; April 22, 2004; July 7, 2004 and September 21, 2005. In the latter, the Court held: 1. To require the State to: (a) immediately adopt all such measures as are necessary to effectively protect the life and physical safety of all persons held in the Urso Branco Prison as well as of all persons entering it, including visitors and security personnel serving there; (b) adjust the conditions in the prison to the applicable international human rights protection standards [...]; (c) submit to the Court an up-to-date list of all persons held under custody in the prison and to state precisely: (1) the names of the persons released; (2) the names of the persons entering the prison; (3) the number and name of the inmates serving time; (4) the number and names of the inmates detained without a conviction; and (5) whether convicted inmates are kept apart from non-convicted ones in different sections; (d) investigate the facts which gave rise to the adoption of these measures in order to identify those responsible and punish them as appropriate, including an investigation into the serious events which took place in the prison following the Court's Order of June 18, 2002; and (e) submit to the Court, no later than on November 6, 2005, the 11th report on compliance with the measures mentioned in the above sections of this operative paragraph and in operative paragraphs N. 2 and 3, specifically regarding the measures adopted immediately to prevent deaths or acts which threaten the physical integrity of the persons held in the prison and of those who enter it for any reason. 2. Require the State to take any such steps as are appropriate so that the protection measures be planned and implemented with the participation of the beneficiaries thereof or their representatives so that such measures are carried out effectively and efficiently, and generally to keep them informed of the progress of their implementation. 2. The 11th to 18th reports and their appendixes, submitted between November 7, 2005 and January 7, 2008, and the other submissions made in response to the additional writings submitted by the representatives, through which the Federal