5 determinable, and who are found in a state of grave risk in regards to their belonging to a group or community. Given the collective dimension of the provisional measures ordered in this matter, this Tribunal has determined that the members of the Peace Community, beneficiaries of these measures, do not need to be previously named. Additionally, the Court understands that in matters such as the present, in which the beneficiaries of the protective measures are found in a situation of grave risk due to their belonging to a community, the supplying of a list with the names of these persons could aggravate their situation.8 However, for the purpose of adequately supervising the implementation of the corresponding measures, in matters such as the present it is necessary for the Tribunal to understand with as much clarity as possible, and based upon updated information, the universe of beneficiaries of these measures, especially when these have been valid for approximately ten years and the information supplied by the representative and the InterAmerican Commission is discrepant. 11. As established by Articles 63(2) of the American Convention and 27(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, the Commission may request from the Tribunal the adoption of provisional measures in cases that have still not been submitted to consideration by the Court. Given that the present provisional measures have not been adopted in the context of a contentious case before the Court, it falls to the Inter-American Commission to clarify to the Tribunal what is the universe of beneficiaries of these provisional measures, which were adopted at the Commission’s request, without prejudice with regards to the information which might be presented directly to the Court by the representative. 12. Therefore, the Tribunal reiterates to the representatives and to the Commission that they must clarify the situation of the 144 families apparently located in the districts La Resbalosa, La Hoz, Rodoxalí, Sabaleta, Las Flores, El Venado, and Arenas Bajas, all in the Municipality of San José de Apartadó. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, and given that prior to the Order of February 6, 2008, the State in its reports had referred to acts which were apparently committed against the habitants of some of the noted districts, the Court considers it proper to maintain in effect the measures already ordered by the Tribunal in its Order of November 24, 2000, ratified through the Resolutions of June 18, 2002, November 17, 2004, March 15, 2005, February 2, 2006, and February 6, 2008 (supra Having Seen 1), in favor of “all the members of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó.” 13. On the other hand, the Court observes that, in different submissions, the representative has referred to acts which were apparently committed against persons who belong to other veredas or to events which took place in other demarcations distinct from those indicated previously (supra Considering*). For example, the representative has mentioned the veredas Los Mandarinos (although this has also been referred to as a “caserío,” or Hamlet), Las Nieves, Playa Larga, El Porvenir, Buenos Aires, La Balsa, Naín, El Guineo, Caracolí, Las Claras, and Miramar. The representative has also alluded to the neighborhoods El Mangolo, 20 de Enero de Apartadó, Alfonso López de Apartadó, and Policarpa, as well as the Hamlet of San José. Additionally, on other occasions the representative has referred to veredas which do not appear to be located with the Municipality of San José de Apartadó, such as the veredas Batata and Murmullo, de Tierralta, Córdoba. On yet other occasions, the representative has referred to persons with respect to whom it is not indicated whether they belong to any of the veredas which are comprehended by the present provisional measures, or if they belong to other settlements that are not beneficiaries of said measures. 8 Cf. Matter of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of February 6, 2008, Considering Ninth.

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