4 Egidia Gebia Bámaca Velásquez, Josefina Bámaca Velásquez, Alberta Velásquez, Rudy López Velásquez and other next of kin of the Bámaca Velásquez family permanently livi[ng] in Guatemala. 3. To call upon the State of Guatemala to ado[pt], forthwith, any measures [as] necessary to guarantee that the beneficiaries of the present measures cou[ld] continue living in the usual residence. 4. To call upon the State to [let] the representatives of the victims participate in the planning and implementation of the protection measures and, in general, ke[ep] them informed about the progress of the Provisional Measures prescribed by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights. 5. To call upon the State to investig[ate] the reported facts motivating the present measures with the purpose of finding the responsible parties and punish them. […] 16. The September 23, 2003 Communication of the representatives, wherein they requested the Court to grant provisional measures, in accordance with Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”), in favor of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza’s next of kin, who “was a key witness to determine the State of Guatemala liability” in this matter, and stated that they filed said request “based on a series of facts reflecting a situation of extreme gravity and urgency”. In said document, the representatives requested the Tribunal: I. […] to decr[ee] [p]rovisional protection [m]easures in favor of [the] follo[wing] persons and ord[er] the State of Guatemala, to adopt security measures to guarantee their life and personal integrity. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) II. Emerita Mendoza (aunt of Otoniel and mother of José, and Galindo Álvarez Mendoza and grandmother of Wendy Pérez)[;] Wendy Pérez Álvarez (cousin in first degree of Otoniel and niece of Galindo Álvarez Mendoza)[;] Sulni Madeli and José Oswaldo Pérez Álvarez (siblings of Wendy Pérez Álvarez, cousins in second degree of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza and grandchildren of Emerita Mendoza)[;] Jacobo, José Pioquinto, Alez Javier Álvarez (cousins in second degree of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza and grandchildren of Emerita Mendoza and living with her)[;] Germán Aníbal de la Roca Mendoza and Kevin Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza (sons of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza and Blanca Noelia)[;] Blanca Noelia Meléndez (exwife of Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza)[; and] Aron Álvarez Mendoza (son of Emerita, brother of Galindo and cousin of Otoniel) and next of kin [.] To implement the granted measures by common consent between the protected persons and their representatives before the State of Guatemala. 17. The grounds of the representatives of the victims for their request for provisional measures in the following facts: a. on June 2001 Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza, “due to harassment and threats, he left Guatemala as the only way to guarantee his life”, since he was about to declare before the Inter-American Court “to determine the State of Guatemala liability for the violations of human rights against Efraín Bámaca Velásquez and his next of kin”. Moreover, they informed that Blanca Noelia Meléndez, his ex partner and children, Germán Aníbal and Kevin Otoniel de la Roca Mendoza, had similar problems;