2 6. That, nonetheless, the provisional measures requested imply anticipation of certain effects that would be produced by the judgment on the merits which this Court may deliver, since in its request the Commission considers that the imprisonment of the alleged victim violates the American Convention. These are precautionary measures described in legal writings as partially restitutive or anticipatory and which the court cannot prescribe without first hearing the adversary, in this case the Government of Ecuador, one requisite being a preliminary analysis of the situation that necessitates the order for provisional measures. 7. That by the terms of Article 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure, "[i]f the Court is not sitting, the President, in consultation with the Permanent Commission and, if possible, with the other judges, shall call upon the government concerned to adopt the necessary urgent measures and to act so as to permit any provisional measures subsequently ordered by the Court, in its next session, to have the requisite effect." 8. That in accordance with this precept, the President of the Court is authorized to order urgent measures only; it is therefore for the Court at its next session to decide on the appropriateness of the anticipatory provisional measures sought by the Commission, which can only be granted after the Government concerned has been heard. 4. The expansion of the Commission's request of April 12, 1996, in which it asked the Court that the measures adopted be expanded to include Mr. SuárezRosero's wife, Margarita Ramadán de Suárez, and their daughter, Micaela SuárezRamadán. The expansion was based on an alleged attack on Mr. Suárez-Rosero on April 1, 1996 and threats and harassment to which his family had been subjected since that date. 5. The Order of April 24, 1996, issued by the President of the Court in exercise of the authority conferred on him by Article 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, in consultation with the other judges of the Court, in which he decided: 1. To request that the Government of the Republic of Ecuador expand the provisional measures established in the Order of the President of April 12, 1996 to include Mrs. Margarita Ramadán de Suárez and her daughter, Micaela Suárez-Ramadán, investigate the events denounced by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and punish those responsible. 2. To submit this Order for the Court's consideration and pertinent effects during its next regular session. 3. To request that the Government of the Republic of Ecuador include in the reports it shall present every thirty days to the President of the Court, pursuant to his Order of April 12, 1996, the measures taken in compliance with this Order so that they may be brought to the attention of the Court. That Order of the President was based on the following considerations: 3. That in the expansion of its request for adoption of provisional measures, the Commission indicates that on April 1, 1996 Mr. Suárez was warned "not to forget that he had relatives outside." Although the Commission does not specify who made the threats nor does it provide any further detail or description of the event, it must be borne in mind that Mr. Suárez is in the midst of a far-reaching criminal process involving crimes connected with drug trafficking, which causes the Commission concern about the threats to his wife, Mrs. Margarita Ramadán de Suárez, and their daughter, Micaela SuárezRamadán. 4. That with regard to the Commission's second request, concerning the "attack" on Mr. Suárez, consideration must be given to the police report of April 1, 1996, provided by the Commission for the consideration of the Court, indicating that Mr. Suárez suffered a superficial wound as a result of quarrel which, it is stated, broke out when he himself approached Mr. Jorge Reyes "to complain about a pending action." The