5 14. The Order of the President of the Court of March 28, 2008 (supra Having Seen clause 7). 15. The private hearing held by the Court (supra Having Seen clause 8) during which the State, the Commission and the representatives referred to the issues pending compliance of the instant case. C) Request for extension of provisional measures in the case of Raxcacó Reyes et al.. 16. The Order of the Court of August 30, 2004, in its first operative paragraph one decided: To require the State to adopt forthwith the necessary measures to protect the lives of Ronald Ernesto Raxcacó-Reyes, Hugo Humberto Ruiz-Fuentes, Bernardino Rodríguez-Lara and Pablo Arturo Ruiz-Almengor so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the inter-American system for the protection of human rights 17. The Judgment on the merits, reparations and costs delivered by the InterAmerican Court in the case of Raxcacó Reyes (supra Having Seen clause 9) by which the Tribunal decided, inter alia, that: 15. The State’s obligations in the context of the provisional measures ordered by the Court in the instant case are replaced, exclusively with regard to Mr. Raxcacó Reyes, by those ordered in [the] judgment, as of the date on which it is notified. 18. The Order of the Court of April 20, 2006, by which the Tribunal rejected the request for extension of provisional measures in favor of Mr. Tirso Román Valenzuela Ávila filed by the beneficiaries’ representatives. 19. The Order of the Tribunal of July 4, 2006, by which it was decided to “consider the provisional measures adopted to the benefit of Mr. Hugo Humberto Ruiz Fuentes closed". 20. The Order of the Court of February 2, 2007, by which it was decided to maintain the measures necessary to protect the lives of Bernardino Rodríguez Lara and Pablo Arturo Ruiz Almengor. 21. The Order of the Court of November 21, 2007, by which it was decided to lift the provisional measures regarding Mr. Pablo Arturo Ruiz Almengor and maintain the measures necessary to protect the life of Mr. Bernardino Rodríguez Lara. 22. The brief of February 28, 2008, by which the representatives of the beneficiaries of these measures requested the extension of the measures hereof "in favor of all the people who are sentenced to death" in Guatemala. 23. The Order of the President of the Court of March 28, 2008 (supra Having Seen clause 7). 24. The State’s communication of April 2, 2008 by which it submitted additional information. 25. The note of the Inter-American Commission of April 4, 2008 in which it exposed additional considerations to the request of extension of provisional measures filed by the representatives. 26. The private hearing held by the Court (supra Having Seen clause 8) during which the State, the Commission and the representatives referred to the request for extension of provisional measures filed in the instant case.