ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO VENEZUELA MATTER OF THE ANDINA REGION PENITENTIARY CENTER HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) of August 10, 2012, and the annexes thereto, in which it submitted to the Court a request for provisional measures, pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court1 (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), in order for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter “the State” or “Venezuela”) to protect the life and physical integrity of the detainees and any other people present at Andina Region Penitentiary Center, also known as "CEPRA” (hereinafter “CEPRA” for its acronym in Spanish). 2. The alleged facts on which the request for provisional measures filed by the Commission are based, namely: a) CEPRA is located in the Municipality of Sucre, state of Merida, and it currently houses approximately 1461 inmates and has a capacity of 850 people. These figures represent, according to the petitioners, an overcrowding rate of 71.88%; 1 Rules of Procedure approved by the Court during its eighty-fifth regular session, held from November 16 to 28, 2009.