4 lives and integrity of the abovementioned persons. Subsequently, on July 26, 1995, the President included Lorraine Marie Fischer Privaral, Karen Fischer’s sister, who also alleged that she had been constantly followed and threatened, as a beneficiary of the measures. 14. In an order of the Court of September 19, 1995, the Court ratified the measures adopted by its President on June 4 and July 26, 1995. On February 1, 1996, the Court decided to extend the measures ordered on September 19, 1995. The order of the Court of September 10, 1996, ratified the measures required in the order of September 19, 1995, and extended by the order of February 1, 1996. Subsequently, in the order of the Court of September 19, 1997, the Court required the State to provide information on “specific progress made in the investigations” in the case and to continue reporting to the Court on the said measures every two months. 15. In an order of the Court of June 19, 1998, the Court lifted the provisional measures ordered in favor of Mario Arturo López Arrivillaga, Ángel Isidro Girón Girón, Abraham Méndez García and Lorraine Marie Fischer Pivaral, and maintained the measures with regard to Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio and Karen Fischer. The order of the Court of November 27, 1998; declared, inter alia, that the State should adopt the pertinent measures “to resolve the actual and future situation of Karen Fischer.” In orders of the Court of September 30, 1999, and September 5, 2001, the Court required, inter alia, that these measures should be maintained to protect the lives and integrity of Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio and Karen Fischer. 16. On July 8, 2004, the Court ratified all the terms of the order of September 5, 2001, regarding the provisional measures ordered in favor of Mrs. Arrivilaga de Carpio and Mrs. Fischer. It also called upon the State to expand these measures to protect the lives and personal integrity of Jorge and Rodrigo Carpio Arrivillaga, Abraham Méndez García and his wife and children, and the adolescents, Rodrigo and Daniela Carpio Fischer, should the latter return to Guatemala. V PROCEEDING BEFORE THE COURT 17. On June 13, 2003, the Inter-American Commission filed the application before the Court (supra para. 1), appointing Susana Villarán and Santiago Canton as delegates, and Lisa Yagel and María Claudia Pulido as legal advisers. 18. On August 1, 2003, after the President had made a preliminary review of the application, the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”) notified it to the State, together with its appendixes and informed the latter of the time limits for answering it and appointing its representatives in the proceeding. The same day, on the instruction of the President, the Secretariat informed the State of its right to appoint a judge ad hoc to take part in considering and deciding the case. 19. On August 4, 2003, in accordance with the provisions of 35(1)(d) and (e) of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat notified the application to the Center for Justice and International Law (hereinafter “CEJIL” or “the representatives”), in their capacity as original petitioner and representative of the alleged victims and their next of kin, and informed it that it had 30 days to present the brief with requests, arguments and evidence (hereinafter “requests and arguments brief”). Furthermore, on August 1, 2003, pursuant to Article 35(1)(d) of the Rules of Procedure, the