ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS∗
OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES SUBMITTED BY THE INTERAMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
IN FAVOR OF MERY NARANJO ET AL.
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the
Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) of July 5, 2006, in which it decided:
1.
To require the State to adopt forthwith the necessary measures to protect the
rights to life and personal integrity of the following persons: Mery Naranjo Jiménez and
her next of kin, Juan David Naranjo Jiménez, Alejandro Naranjo Jiménez, Sandra Janeth
Naranjo Jiménez, Alba Mery Naranjo Jiménez, Erika Johann Gómez, Javier Augusto
Torres Durán, Heidi Tatiana Naranjo Gómez, Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez, María Camila
Naranjo Jiménez, Aura María Amaya Naranjo and Esteban Torres Naranjo, and also
María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño.
2.
To require the State to adopt forthwith the necessary measures to protect the
rights to life and personal integrity of Luisa María Escudero Jiménez.
3.
To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the
beneficiaries or their representatives to provide the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights with information on the current situation of the child, Luisa María Escudero, within
ten days of notification of [the] Order so that the Court may duly evaluate whether to
maintain the measures adopted in her favor.
4.
To require the State to ensure that the measures of protection are not provided
by the “security units” which, according to the beneficiaries, were involved in the
reported facts; consequently, the beneficiaries or their representative should participate
in the designation of those who will provide security.
5.
To require the State to provide the permanent protection measures necessary
to ensure security for the residence of Mery Naranjo Jiménez and her family, in the
terms of the thirteenth considering paragraph of [the] Order.
6.
To require the State to adopt the necessary measures for María del Socorro
Mosquera Londoño, who has been forced to move, to return home safely, and to adopt
all necessary measures to protect her life and personal integrity. If she cannot return
home, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the beneficiaries or their
∗
Judge Oliver Jackman did not take part in the deliberation and signature of this Order, because
he informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he would be unable to take part in the
seventy-second regular session of the Court.
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