ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JULY 17, 2000 EXPANSION OF THE PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA ÁLVAREZ ET AL. CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The Decision of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the President”) of July 22, 1997 wherein its operative paragraphs decided: 1. To require the State of Colombia to adopt, forthwith, any measures as may be necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Jose Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, Maria Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacon, José Ascanio to avoid irreparable harm with a view to closely complying with the obligation of respect and guarantee of the human rights in keeping with Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To require the State of Colombia, as soon as Erik Antonio Arellano Bautista goes back to his home country, to adopt any measures as may be necessary to protect his life and personal integrity to avoid irreparable harm. 3. To require of the State of Colombia to investigate the denounced facts and punish the liable parties thereof, particularly regarding the terrorist attack on June 24, 1997 in the Association branch in the city of Medellin. 4. To require the State of Colombia to adopt, forthwith, any measures as may be necessary to ensure that the branches of Asociacion de Familiares de DetenidosDesaparecidos de Colombia (Association of Relatives of Missing Detainees of Colombia) perform its responsibilities without endangering the life and personal integrity of its employees, especially those from the branches in the cities of Medellin and Ocaña. 5. To require the State of Colombia to produce a report on measures adopted 15 days after this order is notified and to require the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights to submit its remarks to said report one month after receiving said document. 6. To require the State of Colombia, as of the first report submission date, to continue producing reports on provisional measures adopted every two months and to require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit remarks to said reports 45 days after receiving them. 7. To submit this decision for the consideration of the Court in the next session for relevant purposes and to summon the parties, if suitable, for a public hearing at the Court seat so that the Court can listen to the points of view on the facts and circumstances prompting a request for provisional measures and this decision. 2. The decision of the President of August 14, 1997 wherein it extended “pressing measures adopted in this case with a view to ensuring the right to life and personal integrity of Javier Álvarez.”