7. The Inter-American Commission’s August 6, 2001 note wherein it agrees that “the provisional measures ordered for the minor should be lifted,” and CONSIDERING: 1. That Guatemala has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention”) since May 25, 1978, and accepted the Court’s compulsory jurisdiction on March 9, 1987; 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention states that “In cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court shall adopt such provisional measures as it deems necessary in matters it has under consideration; 3. That provisional measures are exceptional in nature, ordered because of the need to protect; once ordered, they are to be maintained so long as the basic conditions described in the preceding paragraph obtain; 4. That the Court takes into account the Commission’s point that “it will continue to monitor the situation and, if need be, provide pertinent information” to this Court, NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, RESOLVES: 1. To lift and hereby end the provisional measures that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered for Manuel Alberto González Chinchilla in its Order of January 29, 2001. 2. To forward this Order to the State of Guatemala and to the Inter.-American Commission on Human Rights. 3. To close the file on the provisional measures in this case. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Hernán Salgado-Pesantes