murder of Josué Giraldo Cardona and the aggravated murder of Pedro Malagón and his daughter Elda Milena Malagón, which are being processed by the 95th Specialized Prosecutor’s Office of the National Unit for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, as well as the investigation into aggravated theft being processed by the 27th Local Prosecutor of Villavicencio. It explained that all these processes are in the preliminary stages and that the Attorney General’s Office had decided to establish special agencies for those inquiries. Subsequently, the State reported that the investigation regarding the photographic survey of the Civic Committee of Meta is being carried out by the 31st Local Prosecutor of Villavicencio and that it is implementing a methodological program and that a technical-legal committee has been established. 47. For their part, the representatives noted that the State had not provided specific information on the investigations by the competent authorities into the events of which the beneficiaries had been victims. The Inter-American Commission indicated that the investigations are an important element for assessing the continued risk affecting the beneficiaries Mariela Duarte and her daughters Sara and Natalia Giraldo. 48. The Court recalls that in previous orders on this matter, it established that the effectiveness of the investigations and procedures relating to the facts that gave rise to the provisional measures corresponded to the examination of the merits of the case 31 and that, bearing in mind that a case on this matter is being examined by the Inter-American Commission, such considerations are beyond the scope of these provisional measures. 32 Similarly, this Court understands that the State has fulfilled its commitment made at the public hearing on January 29, 2010, to officially request the Justice and Peace Unit to report on actions that could have been perpetrated by paramilitary groups against the Civic Committee or its members and does not consider it appropriate to comment on the effectiveness of those judicial procedures in the context of these provisional measures. 49. Moreover, the Court reiterates that Article 1(1) of the Convention establishes the general obligation of the States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized therein and to ensure the free and full exercise of those rights and freedoms to all persons subject to their jurisdiction. Consequently, regardless of the existence of specific provisional measures, the State is obliged to guarantee the rights of individuals in a situation of risk and must expedite the investigations required to elucidate the facts, followed by the consequences established by the pertinent laws. 33 50. Accordingly, in the context of these provisional measures and, as it has done on other matters 34, the Court shall not refer to the investigation of the facts or to the manner in which the State is investigating. In that sense, the Court reiterates that it will not request the parties to provide further information on this point. 31 Cf. Matter of Giraldo Cardona et al. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of February 2, 2010, Considering paragraph 34, and Matter of Giraldo Cardona et al. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of February 22, 2011, Considering paras. 41 to 43. 32 Cf. Matter of Giraldo Cardona et al. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of February 22, 2011, Considering paragraph 41. 33 Cf. Case of Velásquez Rodríguez. Provisional Measures regarding Honduras. Order of the Inter-American Court of January 15, 1988, and Case of the 19 Tradesmen. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of the Inter-American Court of June 26, 2012, Considering paragraph 45. 34 Cf. Matter of the Children and Adolescents deprived of liberty in the FEBEM “Tatuapé Complex”. Provisional Measures regarding Brazil. Order of the Inter-American Court of July 3, 2007, Operative paragraph 7, and Case of 19 Tradesmen. Provisional Measures regarding Colombia. Order of the Inter-American Court of June 26, 2012, Considering paragraph 46. 15