investigations and procedures regarding the incidents that resulted in the provisional measured corresponds to the examination of the merits of the case.8 THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in exercise of the authority conferred on it by Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and 27 of its Rules of Procedures, DECIDES: 1. That the State must continue to adopt immediately all necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of Jose Luis Galdámez Álvarez, his companion, Wendy Orellana Molina, and his sons Pedro Luis, José Luis, Marlon Josué, Ramón Israel and his two minor children, all with the surname Galdámez, taking into consideration their specific situation of risk, in keeping with the provisions of considering paragraphs 13 to 18 of this Order. 2. That the State must take all necessary measures to ensure that the measures of protection required in this Order are planned and implemented with the participation of the beneficiaries of the measures or their representatives, so that the said measures are provided diligently and effectively and that, in general, it keep them informed of any progress in their implementation, in keeping with the provisions of considering paragraphs 8 to 15 of this Order. 3. That the State must forward a report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within one month of notification of this Order, on the provisional measures adopted in keeping with considering paragraph 16 of this Order and that, subsequently, it must continue to forward a report on the implementation of the provisional measures every three months. 4. That the representatives of the beneficiaries must submit their observations on the State’s reports within two weeks of notification of the State’s reports indicated in the preceding operative paragraph and in keeping with considering paragraph 17 of this Order. In addition, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights must submit its observations on the above-mentioned briefs of the State and the representatives within two weeks of receiving the respective brief with the representatives’ observations. 5. That the Secretariat must notify this Order to the State of Honduras, the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights, and the representatives of the beneficiaries.                                                              8 Cf. Matter of Pilar Noriega García et al. Provisional measures with regard to Mexico. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of February 6, 2008, fourteenth considering paragraph, and Matter of Gladys Lanza Ochoa, supra note 5, twenty-seventh considering paragraph. 7