ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS∗ OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES SUBMITTED BY THE INTERAMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA IN FAVOR OF MERY NARANJO ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) of July 5, 2006, in which it decided: 1. To require the State to adopt forthwith the necessary measures to protect the rights to life and personal integrity of the following persons: Mery Naranjo Jiménez and her next of kin, Juan David Naranjo Jiménez, Alejandro Naranjo Jiménez, Sandra Janeth Naranjo Jiménez, Alba Mery Naranjo Jiménez, Erika Johann Gómez, Javier Augusto Torres Durán, Heidi Tatiana Naranjo Gómez, Sebastián Naranjo Jiménez, María Camila Naranjo Jiménez, Aura María Amaya Naranjo and Esteban Torres Naranjo, and also María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño. 2. To require the State to adopt forthwith the necessary measures to protect the rights to life and personal integrity of Luisa María Escudero Jiménez. 3. To require the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the beneficiaries or their representatives to provide the Inter-American Court of Human Rights with information on the current situation of the child, Luisa María Escudero, within ten days of notification of [the] Order so that the Court may duly evaluate whether to maintain the measures adopted in her favor. 4. To require the State to ensure that the measures of protection are not provided by the “security units” which, according to the beneficiaries, were involved in the reported facts; consequently, the beneficiaries or their representative should participate in the designation of those who will provide security. 5. To require the State to provide the permanent protection measures necessary to ensure security for the residence of Mery Naranjo Jiménez and her family, in the terms of the thirteenth considering paragraph of [the] Order. 6. To require the State to adopt the necessary measures for María del Socorro Mosquera Londoño, who has been forced to move, to return home safely, and to adopt all necessary measures to protect her life and personal integrity. If she cannot return home, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the beneficiaries or their ∗ Judge Oliver Jackman did not take part in the deliberation and signature of this Order, because he informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he would be unable to take part in the seventy-second regular session of the Court.