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THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
in exercise of the powers conferred upon it under Article 63(2) of the American
Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure,
DECIDES:
1.
To order the State once again to immediately adopt all such measures as are
necessary to effectively protect the life and personal safety of all persons held in the
Urso Branco Prison as well as of all persons entering it including visitors and security
force personnel serving there, pursuant to Considering clauses N. 15 and 16 of this
Order.
2.
To order the State once again to carry out all such steps as are necessary in
order that the measures aimed at protecting the life and physical safety be planned
and implemented with the participation of the beneficiaries or their representatives,
and in general to keep them informed on the progress of their execution.
3.
To require the State to submit to the Court no later than on July 15, 2008 the
next report on compliance with the measures stated in operative paragraph N. 1,
particularly on the measures it adopts immediately to prevent deaths or acts which
threaten the physical safety of the persons kept under custody in the prison and of
those who enter it for any reason. The State shall submit, as an appendix to the
report, an up-to-date list of all the persons who have suffered violent death since the
first Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in this matter.
4.
To require the State to continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, every two months, on the compliance with and implementation of the
measures stated in operative paragraph N. 1 of this Order.
5.
To require the representatives of the beneficiaries of the measures and the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit their comments to the State's
bimonthly reports within four and six weeks, respectively, as from their reception.
6.
To request the Court’s Secretariat to notify this Order to the State, the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights and the representatives of the beneficiaries of
these measures.