ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS∗ OF FEBRUARY 7, 2006 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING COLOMBIA MATTER OF THE COMMUNITIES OF JIGUAMIANDÓ AND CURBARADÓ HAVING SEEN: 1. The order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court”, or “the Court”) of March 6, 2003. 2. The Order of the Inter-American Court of November 17, 2004, requesting the State of Colombia (hereinafter “the State” or “Colombia”), inter alia, to maintain the measures taken and to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be necessary to effectively protect the life and the right to humane treatment of the members of the Consejo Comunitario del Jiguamiandó (Community Council of Jiguamiandó) and the families of Curbaradó (hereinafter “the Communities”). 3. The Order of the Inter-American Court of March 15, 2005, urging the State to implement the provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court in the Orders of March 6, 2003 and November 17, 2004, in favor of the members of the Consejo Comunitario del Jiguamiandó (Community Council of Jiguamiandó) and the families of Curbaradó, and to adopt such other measures as may be necessary to promptly and fully comply with the requirements laid out by the Court in said Orders. 4. The communication of the State, submitted on March 15, 2005, requesting a fifteen-day extension to file the report on the provisional measures. The note of the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) of March 30, 2005, whereby, following the instructions of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) and in light of the Order issued by the Court on March 15, 2005, the State was requested to include in the report to be submitted on April 21, 2005 the information required for the report that should have been submitted on February 8, 2005. 5. The brief by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) received on April 4, 2005, to which was attached a press release issued on April 2, 2005 by several human rights organizations, including the Comisión Intereclesial Justicia y Paz (Interchurch ∗ Judge Diego García-Sayán informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he would not be able to attend the deliberation and signing of this Order.