ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF DECEMBER 7, 1994 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF COLOMBIA CABALLERO DELGADO AND SANTANA CASE The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, composed of the following judges: Héctor Fix-Zamudio, President ad hoc Rafael Nieto-Navia, Judge Alejandro Montiel-Argüello, Judge Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, Judge; also present: Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary Ana María Reina, Deputy Secretary emits the following decision: WHEREAS: 1. On December 6, 1994, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court") received from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission") a request for provisional measures dated December 4, 1994, regarding the Caballero Delgado and Santana Case against the Government of Colombia, currently before the Court. 2. The Commission requests that the Court require the Government of Colombia to adopt precautionary measures to protect the lives and physical integrity of the following witnesses: 1. Former soldier Gonzalo Arias-Alturo, detained in the Jail of Bucaramanga, who directly accused certain officers of the Colombian Army of participating in the events; 2. Mr. Javier Páez, also captured by the Army the day after Isidro and María del Carmen were detained, who testified about the radio conversation between the patrol that detained them and Morrison Base, enquiring about what they should do with Isidro and María del Carmen; 3. Mr. Guillermo Guerrero-Zambrano, who, after the disappearance of Isidro and María del Carmen, participated in all the efforts carried out in the area which led to the gathering of direct evidence incriminating their captors; 4. Mrs. Elida González-Vergel, the last person to see Isidro and María del Carmen alive, who testified that she saw them in the custody of the army patrol; 5. Mrs. María Nodelia Parra, the common-law wife of Isidro Caballero and the