2 Lima (supra 4) were not an effective means to protect her safety. In its brief seeking expansion of the measures, the Commission petitioned the Court to order provisional measures for Mrs. Cardó Guarderas and her children, Mr. Gustavo and Ms. Margarita del Carmen Cesti Cardó. In the Commission’s view, [t]he purpose of these provisional measures should be to require that the Peruvian State provide effective guarantees, conduct a real investigation to identify the authors of the threats and harassment to which [Mrs. Cardó Guarderas and the Cesti Cardó children] have been subjected and prevent a recurrence of events similar to or worse than those described [...] CONSIDERING: 1. That under Article 63(2) of the Convention: In cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court shall adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters it has under consideration; 2. That the pertinent part of Article 25 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure provides that: At any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention; 3. That the evidence of the allegations is sufficient to order provisional measures; 4. That the Commission has informed the Court that the acts of intimidation and aggression against Mrs. Cardó Guarderas are part of a pattern of systematic harassment and are a consequence of the fact that the instant case was brought to the inter-American system. Documents in the Court’s possession reveal that State authorities themselves acknowledged the gravity of Mrs. Cardó Guarderas’ situation (supra, paragraph 4 under Having Seen). Therefore, the evidence shown of the threats and acts perpetrated against Mrs. Cardó Guarderas are prima facie proof that her predicament and that of her children is of the extreme gravity and urgency required to seek provisional measures; 5. That the Court has the Cesti Hurtado case under consideration and it is the duty of the Court to avoid irreparable damage to persons; in the instant case, that means seeing to it that the alleged victim and his family are completely safe (Cf. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 22, 1995; Provisional Measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the matter of Guatemala, Blake Case; Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Provisional Measures – Compendium: 1987-1996, Series C No. 1, p. 140, operative paragraph five), and 6. That the State, therefore, should be ordered to adopt measures to protect the wife and children of the alleged victim in the instant case and, thereafter, periodically check to ensure that the measures adopted are adequate and sufficient. NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,