ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS1 OF NOVEMBER 26, 2010. PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA MATTER OF THE MENDOZA PENITENTIARIES HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the Inter-American Court") of November 22, 2004, in which it ordered, under the terms of articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or" the American Convention") and 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court in force at the time,2 to require the Republic of Argentina (hereinafter "the State" or "Argentina") to immediately adopt the measures necessary to protect the lives and personal integrity of all individuals deprived of liberty in the Mendoza provincial penitentiary and the Gustavo André unit, in Lavalle, as well as of all other individuals found within those facilities. 2. The public hearing on the implementation of the provisional measures, held in Asuncion, Paraguay, on May 11, 2005.3 3. The document signed by the representatives of the Inter-American Commission, the beneficiaries of the provisional measures, and the State, submitted on May 11, 2005, before the Court during that public hearing (supra Having Seen 2) - known as the “Asuncion Accords” - in which they expressed their agreement to maintain the provisional measures in force and agreed to "bring before the consideration of the […] Inter-American Court [… a] collection of measures [so that] the Tribunal can evaluate the possibility of clarifying the details of the content of the Order of November 22, 2004, in order to guarantee the lives and physical integrity of the beneficiaries of that order." 4. The Order of the Court of July 18, 2005, reiterating the provisional measures ordered by the Tribunal.4 1 Judge Leonardo A. Franco did not participate in the deliberation or signing of this Order due to his Argentine nationality, pursuant to articles 19 of the Statute and 19 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court. 2 Rules of Procedure passed by the Court in its XLIX Regular Period of Sessions, held on November 16 to 25, 2000, and partially reformed by the Court during its LXI Regular Period of Sessions held from November 20 to December 4, 2003. 3 Matter of the Mendoza Penitentiaries. Provisional Measures regarding Argentina. Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of March 18, 2005. 4 Matter of the Mendoza Penitentiaries. Provisional Measures regarding Argentina. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of June 18, 2005. Available at: