2 4. The State’s June 1, 2001 report wherein it asked the Court to “order that the provisional measures adopted by the President on December 13, 2000 and confirmed by the Court on February 3, 2001, be lifted.” 5. The Commission’s August 17, 2001 comments wherein it stated that it concurred with the State’s request to the Court that the provisional measures ordered in the instant case be lifted. CONSIDERING: 1. That Peru has been a State party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter the “American Convention”) since July 28, 1978, and accepted the Court’s binding jurisdiction on January 21, 1981; 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention provides that “[i]n cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court may, in matters it has under consideration, adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent; 3. That provisional measures are exceptional in nature, ordered as a function of the need for protection and, once ordered, are to be maintained so long as the basic conditions mentioned in the preceding paragraph are present, NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to the authority conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Articles 25 and 29 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure, RESOLVES: 1. To lift and terminate the provisional measures that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered for María Elena Loayza Tamayo in the Court’s February 3, 2001 Order. 2. To forward this Order to the State of Peru and to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 3. To close the file on the provisional measures in this case. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President