ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JULY 26, 2011 PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL MATTER OF THE URSO BRANCO PRISON HAVING SEEN: 1. The orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) of June 18 and August 29, 2002, April 22 and July 7, 2004, September 21, 2005, May 2, 2008, and November 25, 2009. In the latter, The Court decided, inter alia: 1. To reiterate to the State that it should continue to adopt immediately all necessary measures to protect the life and physical integrity of all the persons deprived of liberty in the Urso Branco Prison, and all the persons entering the prison, including the visitors and the security agents who provide their services therein. 2. To reiterate to the State that it should take all the necessary measures to ensure that the measures to protect the life and physical integrity are planned and implemented with the participation of the representatives of the beneficiaries, and, in general, keep them informed of progress in the execution of the measures. […] 2. The briefs filed between February 26, 2010, and June 17, 2011, and their respective attachments, in which the Federative Republic of Brazil (hereinafter “the State” or “Brazil”) forwarded the twenty-sixth through thirty-first reports on the implementation of the provisional measures ordered by the Court in this matter. 3. The briefs filed between April 30, 2010, and June 7, 2011, and their attachments, in which the representatives of the beneficiaries (hereinafter “the representatives”) submitted their observations on the State’s reports and forwarded additional information regarding these provisional measures. 4. The briefs filed between May 12, 2010, and June 23, 2011, in which the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) forwarded its observations on the State’s reports and the representatives’ briefs. CONSIDERING THAT: 1. Brazil has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) since September 25, 1992, and, in accordance with Article 62 thereof, accepted the binding jurisdiction of the Court on December 10, 1998.