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“must take into account [their] position as guarantor[s] of the people’s fundamental
rights.”20
THEREFORE:
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS,
By virtue of the power conferred upon it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on
Human Rights and Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court,
DECIDES:
1.
To reject the request for provisional measures filed by the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights for the members of the Colombian Commission of Jurists.
2.
To order that the Secretariat of the Court serve notice of the present Order on
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the State of Colombia.
20
Cf. Case of Apitz Barbera et al. (“Corte Primera de lo Contencioso Administrativo”) v. Venezuela.
Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights of August 5, 2008. Series C No. 182, para. 131; Case of Ríos et al. v. Venezuela. Preliminary
Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of January 28, 2009. Series C No. 194, para. 139; and,
Case of Perozo et al. v. Venezuela. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations, and Costs. Judgment of
January 28, 2009. Series C No. 195, para. 151.