7 NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS by virtue of the authority granted to it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To ratify, in its entirety, the December 20, 2002 Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 2. To order the State of Guatemala to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be required to protect the life and the right to humane treatment of José León Bámaca Hernández, Egidia Gebia Bámaca Velásquez, Josefina Bámaca Velásquez, Alberta Velásquez, Rudy López Velásquez and the other members of the Bámaca Velásquez family who live permanently in Guatemala. 3. To order the State of Guatemala to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be required to ensure that the beneficiaries of the instant measures can continue to live in their usual place of residence. 4. To order the State to allow the representatives of the victims to participate in planning and implementation of the protection measures and, in general, to inform them of progress regarding the Provisional Measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 5. To order the State to investigate the facts stated in the complaint that gave rise to the instant measures with the aim of discovering and punishing those responsible. 6. To order the State to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the measures adopted to comply with the instant Order no later than March 10, 2003. 7. To require the representatives of the victims to submit their comments on the report by the State within a week of having received it, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations within two weeks of being notified of the report filed by the State. 8. To order the State, subsequent to its first report (supra operative paragraph six), to continue reporting to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, on the Provisional Measures adopted, and to require the representatives of the victims to submit their comments on said reports by the State within four weeks of when they received them, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations within six weeks of when it received notice of the respective reports filed by the State. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President