2 of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. 3. That the State has not informed the Court of the scope of the military court decision under which Mr. Cesti Hurtado was released on November 11, 1999, and, in particular, of compliance with the February 12, 1997 Order rendered by the Special Public Law Court of Lima in reference to the writ of habeas corpus interposed for Mr. Cesti Hurtado, as was ordered by the Court in its September 29, 1999 Judgment, and this causes uncertainty with respect to the current situation of Mr. Cesti Hurtado and his family. 4. That the Cesti Hurtado Case continues under the consideration of the Court and that it is the Court’s obligation to avoid irreparable damage to persons, which means, in the present instance, to protect the complete security of Mr. Cesti Hurtado and his family members. (Cfr. 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 the Republic of Guatemala in the Blake Case; I.A. Court H.R. Provisional Measures - Compendium: 1987-1996, Series C No. 1, p. 140, fifth consideration). 5. That, for all of the reasons above, it is necessary to order the State to maintain the measures of protection in favor of Mr. Cesti Hurtado, his wife and children, and to continue periodically to inform this Court about such measures, so that it may decide if they are effective and adequate. NOW, THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure. RESOLVES: 1. To the lives Hurtado, Margarita require the Peruvian State to maintain the measures necessary to protect and physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Gustavo Adolfo Cesti and his family members Mrs. Carmen Judith Cardó Guarderas, Mrs. del Carmen Cesti Cardó, and Mr. Gustavo Cesti Cardó. 2. To require the Peruvian State to continue to submit its reports every two months on the provisional measures taken and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations to those reports within a period of six weeks of their receipt. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Hernán Salgado-Pesantes