ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA BLAKE CASE The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, composed as follows: Héctor Fix-Zamudio, President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, Vice President Alejandro Montiel-Argüello, Judge Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge Oliver Jackman, Judge Alirio Abreu-Burelli, Judge Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Judge; also present: Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary, and Ana María Reina, Deputy Secretary issues the following order: 1. On August 11, 1995, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission") presented the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the InterAmerican Court") a request for provisional measures relative to the Blake Case, presently before the Court. In its brief, the Commission requested that the Court take whatever provisional measures it might deem necessary on behalf of Mr. Justo Victoriano Martínez-Morales, who is considered to be a key witness in the Blake Case, as well as on behalf of four members of his family. 2. The President of the Court (hereinafter "the President"), using the powers conferred on him by Article 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, issued an order on August 16, 1995 directing that: 1. To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt without delay any measures necessary to effectively ensure the protection and personal safety of: JUSTO VICTORIANO MARTÍNEZ-MORALES, FLORIDALMA ROSALINA LÓPEZ-MOLINA, VÍCTOR HANSEL MORALES-LÓPEZ, EDGAR IBAL MARTÍNEZ-LÓPEZ, and SYLVIA PATRICIA MARTÍNEZ-LÓPEZ. 2. To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt any measures necessary so that the aforementioned persons may continue residing in their place of domicile and be guaranteed that no agents of the Guatemalan State nor other persons acting under the authority of the State shall persecute or threaten them. 3. That the Government of the Republic of Guatemala present to the President of the Court by September 5, 1995, at the latest, a report on the measures adopted so that