2 3. The decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) of November 11, 1997 wherein its operative paragraphs it ratified the decisions of the President of July 22 and August 14, 1997 and preserved the adopted measures for a six-month period. 4. The decision of the President of December 22, 1997, ratified by the Court on January 21, 1998, to extend “pressing orders adopted in this case to ensure the right to life and personal integrity of Maria Eugenia Cardenas and her family.” 5. The decision of the President of May 12, 1998 to extend the adopted measures until June 19, 1998. 6. The decision of the Court of June 19, 1998 to extend measures in favor of Maria Eugenia Cardenas if an endangering situation persists and justifies said measures and to keep until September 6, 1998 measures on behalf of Jose Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, Maria Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio, Miriam Rosas Ascanio, and Javier Álvarez. 7. The decision of the President of August 6, 1998 wherein its operative paragraph it required the State to adopt as soon as possible “the necessary measures to ensure the right to life and personal integrity of Daniel Prado and Estela Prado and their daughters Camilla Alejandra and Lina.” 8. The decision of the Court of August 29, 1998 wherein it decided to preserve the provisional measures and ratify the Decision of the President of August 6, 1998. In said Decision, the Court also required the State to carry out an investigation on the facts prompting said measures “in order to obtain effective results to find the liable parties and punish them.” 9. The brief of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or the “Inter-American Commission”) of July 12, 2000 received at the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court that same day in which it requested to extend provisional measures adopted by the Court to protect the life and personal integrity of Luz Elsia Almanza, Hilda Rosario Jiménez, Ramón Rangel, Robinson Amador, Yamel López, Emely Pérez, Yolanda Salamanca, Rosa Tulia Bolaños, Rocío Campos, and Alexander Rodríguez, all the members of the Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos de Colombia (ASFADDES) in Barrancabermeja. The request of the Commission was prompted by the assassination of Elizabeth Cañas Cano, member of said branch, on July 11, 2000, that would be “indicative of the risky situation faced by the rest of the members” of said headquarters, besides the fact that the beneficiaries of the extension of the provisional measures have been internationally vocal as to denounce violence acts in their community in 1988. Moreover, the Commission asks the State to adopt the necessary measures to individualize and punish the people responsible for Ms. Cañas Cano’s assassination. CONSIDERING: 1. Colombia is a State Party to the American Convention of Human Rights whose Article 1(1) stipulates that States Parties to this Convention undertake to respect the rights and freedoms recognized herein and to ensure to all persons subject to their