3 7. That it is the responsibility of the State to apply security measures to protect all persons subject to its jurisdiction. This duty becomes even more evident in relationship to those persons related to proceedings before the supervisory organs of the American Convention. 8. That the purpose of the Provisional Measures in the national legal systems (internal procedural law) in general, is to preserve the rights of the parties to the controversy, ensuring that the future judgment on the merits not be harmed by their actions pendente lite. 9. That the purpose of Provisional Measures in international human rights law is broader since, in addition to their essentially preventive character, they protect effectively basic rights inasmuch as they seek to avoid irreparable damage to persons. NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention, and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To require that the State of Peru adopt, forthwith, whatever measures are necessary to protect the physical, psychological and moral integrity, and the right to the legal guarantees of Mr. Baruch Ivcher-Bronstein, his wife, Noemí Even-deIvcher, and his daughters, Dafna Ivcher-Even, Michal Ivcher-Even, Tal Ivcher-Even, and Hadaz Ivcher-Even. 2. To require that the State of Peru adopt, forthwith, whatever measures are necessary to protect the physical, psychological and moral integrity, and the right to the legal guarantees of Rosario Lam-Torres, Julio Sotelo-Casanova, José ArrietaMatos, Emilio Rodríguez-Larraín, and Fernando Viaña-Villa. 3. To require that the State of Peru inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, no later than December 5, 2000, about the provisional measures it will have adopted in compliance with this Order, and that it continue, as of that date, to submit its reports every two months. 4. To require that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights submit its observations to the reports of the State of Peru within six weeks of receiving them. Carpio-Nicolle Case, Considering No. 4; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 4, 1995, Provisional Measures in the Carpio-Nicolle Case, Considering No. 5; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 7, 1994, Provisional Measures in the CaballeroDelgado and Santana Case, Considering No. 3; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of June 22, 1994, Provisional Measures in the Colotenango Case, Considering No. 5; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of April 7, 2000, Provisional Measures in the Constitutional Court Case, Considering No. 7; Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 18, 2000, Provisional Measures in the Haitians and Haitian-origin Dominican Persons in the Dominican Republic Case, Considering No. 5 and 9; Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 9, 2000, Provisional Measures in the Paz de San José de Apartadó Community Case, Considering No. 4).