of those responsible, in accordance with due process, is the best way to combat
impunity and ensure the security, safety and lives of the beneficiaries of such
measures.
12.
That the Court has examined the facts and circumstances that justified the
order of the President of October 25, 2001 (supra Having Seen 3), and considers
that “a situation of extreme gravity and urgency” subsists that justifies maintaining
the measures adopted in favor of the members of the PRODH Center and the
lawyers, Pilar Noriega García, Bárbara Zamora López and Leonel Rivero Rodríguez,
and expanding them, in accordance with the provisions of Article 63(2) of the
American Convention, in order to protect Eusebio Ochoa López and Irene Alicia
Plácido Evangelista, and also Carmen, Jesús, Luz María, Eusebio, Guadalupe, Ismael,
Elia, Estela, Roberto, Juan Carlos, Ignacio and Agustín, all of them Ochoa y Plácido.
THEREFORE:
THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention
on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure,
DECIDES:
1.
To ratify all the provisions of the order of the President of the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights of October 25, 2001.
2.
To call on the State to maintain all measures necessary to protect the lives
and safety of the members of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center
and the lawyers, Pilar Noriega García, Bárbara Zamora López and Leonel Rivero
Rodríguez.
3.
To call on the State to expand immediately the measures necessary to
protect the lives and safety of Eusebio Ochoa López and Irene Alicia Plácido
Evangelista, the parents of Digna Ochoa y Plácido, and her siblings, Carmen, Jesús,
Luz María, Eusebio, Guadalupe, Ismael, Elia, Estela, Roberto, Juan Carlos, Ignacio
and Agustín, all of them Ochoa y Plácido.
4.
To call on the State to investigate the facts that gave rise to the adoption of
these provisional measures in order to identify those responsible and impose the
corresponding sanctions.
5.
To call on the State to allow the beneficiaries to participate fully in the
planning and implementation of the protection measures.
6.
To call on the State to continue informing the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights about the provisional measure adopted, every two months from the date of
notification of this order.
63(1) American Convention on Human Rights). Judgment of May 25, 2001. Series C. No. 76, para. 200 and
Durand and Ugarte case. Judgment of August 16, 2000. Series C No. 68, para. 123.