by way of the authority conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and articles 27 and 31(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Tribunal, DECIDES TO: 1. Require the State to adopt, immediately, the measures necessary to guarantee the life and physical, psychiatric, and moral integrity of Ms. María Lourdes Afiuni. 2. Require the State to adopt the measures necessary for Ms. Afiuni to be located in a place of detention that is adequate to her specific circumstances in light of the position she held as a criminal judge, particularly through granting full guarantees of security while not affecting her right to gain access to relatives and visitors, her attorneys, and the doctors who come examine her, under the terms of Considering clause 12. 3. In the event that Ms. Afiuni needs specialized medical attention and without prejudice to the care that can be provided by doctors who form part of State institutions, require the State to make the necessary provisions for Ms. Afiuni to be attended to by doctors of her choosing. 4. Require the State to report to the Inter-American Court no later than December 20, 2010, with regard to the order found in the first operative paragraph of this Order. 5. Require the representatives of the beneficiary and the Inter-American Commission to present, within one week, any comments that they deem pertinent on the report mentioned in the second operative paragraph of this resolution. 6. Require, likewise, that the State inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights every two months, beginning on December 20, 2010, of the provisional measures adopted in conformity with this decision. 7. Request that the representatives of the beneficiary and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights present their comments within four and six weeks, respectively, counting from notification of the State reports indicated in the fourth operative paragraph. 8. To request that the Secretariat of the Court notify the State, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the beneficiary’s representatives of this Order. Diego García-Sayán President Pablo Saavedra-Alessandri Secretary