3 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention provides that, “in cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court shall, in cases not yet submitted to it, at the request of the Commission, take such measures as it deems pertinent. 3. That under the terms of Article 25(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court: [a]t any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order whatever provisional measures it deems appropriate, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. 4. That Article 1(1) of the Convention states the obligation of the States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized in that treaty and to ensure their free and full exercise to all persons subject to their jurisdiction. 5. That the record submitted by the Commission in its request demonstrates prima facie a situation of urgent and grave danger to the lives and physical integrity of the persons named. 6. That the fact that the Inter-American Commission has requested precautionary measures, which have not produced the required effects and the events occurred subsequent to the adoption of those measures, raises the presumption that the security of the members of the PRODH Center are in grave danger, for which reason it is necessary to require of the State the adoption of provisional measures to avoid irreparable damage to them. 7. That it is the responsibility of the State to adopt measures of security to protect all the persons who are subject to its jurisdiction; this obligation becomes even more evident in regard to those who are associated with proceedings before the organs of supervision of the American Convention. 8. That Mexico also has a duty to investigate the facts underlying this request for provisional measures in order to identify those responsible and appropriately punish them. 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, DECIDES 1. To require that the State adopt, without delay, whatever measures are necessary to protect the lives and integrity of Digna Ochoa and Plácido, Edgar Cortéz Morales, Mario Patrón Sánchez and Jorge Fernández Mendiburu, members of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez.Human Rights Center. 2. To require that the State adopt, without delay, whatever measures are necessary to assure that the persons who work at or visit the offices of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center can do their work or transactions without danger to their lives or physical integrity.