ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS∗ OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDERED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA CASE OF CARLOS NIETO-PALMA ET AL HAVING SEEN clause: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) of July 9, 2004, whereby it decided: 1. To request the State to adopt forthwith such measures as may be necessary to safeguard and protect the life, physical integrity, and personal liberty of Carlos NietoPalma, as well as the lives and physical integrity of his next of kin, particularly of his nephew John Carmelo Laicono-Nieto. 2. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit to the Court, within seven days of the date of service of the […] Order, a list with the names of his next of kin in whose behalf the State must adopt such protection measures. 3. To request the State to conduct an investigation into the facts which gave rise to the adoption of these provisional measures, in order to identify those responsible and impose the prescribed sanctions thereon. 4. To request the State to allow the beneficiaries of these measures to take part in the planning and implementation thereof and, in general, to keep them informed about the progress regarding the compliance with the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 5. To request the State to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, within ten days of the date of service of the […] Order, about the provisional measures it has adopted in compliance therewith [;] 6. To request the representative of the beneficiaries of these provisional measures to submit their observations within five days of the date of service of the report of the State. 7. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations within five days of the date of service of the report of the State. 8. To request the State, after the submission of its first report […], to continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human Rights every two months about the provisional measures it has adopted; to request the beneficiaries of such measures to submit their observations within the term of one month of the date of service of the reports of the State; and to request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations on the above-mentioned reports of the State within the term of six weeks of the date they have been received. ∗ Judge Oliver Jackman did not take part in the deliberation and passing of this Order, as he informed that, for reasons beyond his will, he would not be able to attend the LXXII Regular Session of the Court.