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6.
The June 19, 1998 Order of the Court, wherein it decided the following:
1.
To extend the provisional measures ordered for Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas so
long as the risk that necessitated their adoption persists.
2.
To extend until September 6, 1998, the provisional measures ordered on behalf
of José Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores-Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María
Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique,
Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera , Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María
Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio, Miriam Rosas Ascanio and Javier Álvarez.
3.
To request the State of Colombia to conduct effective investigations and, where
appropriate, punish those responsible for the acts that necessitated the adoption of these
provisional measures.
4.
To request that Colombia forward to the Court, by no later than July 24, 1998,
a report on compliance with this order; to request that the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights send its observations on that report within one month of the date of
notification.
7.
The State’s note, dated July 10, 1998, wherein it informed the Court that it
was unable to afford protection to Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas because she was not
cooperating with the State. It also stated that it had not been properly advised of a
telephone threat that Mr. José Daniel Álvarez had received some days earlier. For
those reasons, Colombia petitioned the Court to request the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American
Commission") "to urge the beneficiaries of the provisional measures to cooperate
with the Government in order to enable the latter to more effectively adopt the
relevant security measures."
8.
The State’s sixth report, dated July 24, 1998, wherein it petitioned the Court
to request that Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas do the essential to cooperate with the
State’s plan for her protection.
9.
The Commission’s brief, dated August 4, 1998, wherein it requested the Court
to expand the provisional measures adopted in the instant case so as to include Mr.
Daniel Prado and his family.
According to the brief in question, threatening
telephone calls had been received at the offices of the Association of DetaineesDisappeared Persons of Colombia (hereinafter "ASFADDES") in Medellín and
Popayan. Mr. Prado, an attorney for ASFADDES, had received a condolences card
with the following message written in letters cut from newspapers:
CAREFUL you are a “Sapo” (delator) and you will die for that. Lord, hear our prayers
for the soul of: Dr. Daniel PRADO – Cordially, THE SILENT ASSASIN --- Date of the hunt
October 1998.
The Commission attached a copy of this letter to its request.
10.
The August 6, 1998 Order of the President, wherein he decided:
1.
To request the State of Colombia to urgently adopt the measures needed to
ensure the life and integrity of Daniel Prado, Estela de Prado, and their daughters
Camilla Alejandra and Lina.
2.
To request the State of Colombia to investigate the facts denounced by the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in its brief of August 4, 1998, and punish
those responsible.