3 jurisdiction the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms, and that said State recognized the competence of the Court on June 21, 1985 based on Article 62 of the Convention. 2. Article 63(2) of the American Convention decides that, in cases of “extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons”, the Court can, in unknown matters, at the request of the Commission, adopt any provisional measures it deems relevant. 3. According to the terms set in Article 25(4) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court: [i]f the Court is not sitting, the President shall convoke it immediately. Pending the meeting of the Court, the President, in consultation with the Permanent Commission and, if possible, with the other judges, shall call upon the government concerned to adopt the necessary urgent measures and to act so as to permit any provisional measures subsequently ordered by the Court to have the requisite effect. 4. That a serious assassination has been committed against a person related to ASSFADES, that, according to this Presidency, proves to be concrete evidence of the danger faced by members of said Association, particularly those of the Barrancabermeja branch, and justifies proper measures to guarantee their lives and personal integrity in order to avoid irreparable harm. NOW THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS based on Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and in use of the attributions conferred upon him by Article 25(4) of its Rules of Procedure, after consulting with all judges in the Court DECIDES: 1. To require the State of Colombia to adopt, forthwith, any measures as may be necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Luz Elsia Almanza, Hilda Rosario Jiménez, Ramón Rangel Robinson Amador, Yamel López, Emely Pérez, Yolanda Salamanca, Rosa Tulia Bolaños, Rocío Campos, and Alexander Rodríguez. 2. To require the State of Colombia to investigate facts denounced by the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights and punish the liable parties. 3. To submit this Decision for the consideration of the Court during its next regular sessions for any relevant purposes. 4. To require the State of Colombia to send to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights an urgent report on the provisional measures adopted in this case as of July 27, 2000. 5. To require the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights to submit, as of July 31, 2000, its remarks to said urgent report on the State of Colombia.