Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 21, 2009 Case of Ximenes-Lopes v. Brazil (Monitoring Compliance with Judgment) HAVING SEEN: 1. The Judgment on the merits, reparations, and costs (hereinafter, “the Judgment”) issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Court”, “the Inter-American Court”, or “the Tribunal”) on July 4, 2006. 2. The Order entered by the Court on May 2, 2008, on compliance with Judgment, whereby the Court decided: […] 2. To [...] keep open the procedure to monitor compliance with the paragraphs that impose upon the State the obligation to: a) secure, within a reasonable time, that the domestic proceedings instituted in order to investigate and punish those responsible for the events in the instant case be operative (Operative Paragraph No. 6 of the Judgment); and b) keep developing an education and training program for staff engaged in health care, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, and for any person involved in the provision of mental health services, in particular, covering the principles that govern the treatment of patients with mental disabilities, pursuant to international standards on the subject and the provisions of the Judgment (Operative Paragraph No. 8 of the Judgment). 3. The reports of September 4, 2008, July 20, 2009, and August 18, 2009, and their related appendixes, whereby the Federative Republic of Brazil (hereinafter, “the State” or “Brazil”) reported on the reparation measures pending compliance. 4. The briefs of October 15, 2008, and August 25, 2009, whereby the representatives of the victim and his relatives (hereinafter, “the representatives”) filed their observations to the State reports. 5. The briefs of February 5 and September 8, 2009, whereby the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) filed its observations to the reports of the State and the briefs of observations of the representatives. CONSIDERING: 1. That monitoring compliance with its decisions is an inherent jurisdictional power