ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 27, 1998 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA GIRALDO CARDONA CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) of February 5, 1997, which: […] 2. Call[ed] upon the Government of the Republic of Colombia: a. To maintain the provisional measures in favor of Sister Noemy Palencia, Islena Rey RodrÍguez, Gonzalo Zárate, Mariela de Giraldo and her two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo. b. To take, as an essential measure of the duty to protect, effective measures to investigate and, where appropriate, punish those responsible for the acts. […] 2. The order of the Inter-American Court of June 19, 1998, in which it was decided: 1. To lift the provisional measures ordered by the Court in its order of February 5, 1997, in favor of Gonzalo Zárate and to consider them to be at an end. 2. To require the State of Colombia to adopt all such measures as may be necessary to protect the life and personal safety of Sister Noemy Palencia upon her return to El Meta. 3. To maintain the provisional measures in favor of Islena Rey Rodriguez, Mariela de Giraldo and her two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo. 4. That, as an essential part of its duty to protect, the State must take effective measures to investigate and, where appropriate, punish those responsible for the acts that gave rise to the adoption of the provisional measures. […] 3. The eleventh and twelfth reports of the State of Colombia (hereinafter “the State”) of August 19 and October 20, 1998, respectively, in which it stated that the only beneficiary who had accepted protection was Islena Rey; however, she ignores the suggestions and recommendations of her personal escort. Furthermore, with regard to Mariela de Giraldo and her daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo, the State indicated that they had not accepted protection and that it was surprised that