Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of January 27, 2009 Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela Matter of Luis Uzcátegui HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) of November 27, 2002, on the provisional measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter, “the InterAmerican Commission” or “the Commission”) regarding the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter, “the State” or “Venezuela”) for the benefit of Luis Enrique Uzcátegui-Jiménez (hereinafter, “Mr. Uzcátegui” or “the beneficiary”), whereby the Court decided as follows: 1. To order the State to adopt, without delay, all necessary measures to protect the life and the right to humane treatment of Luis Enrique Uzcátegui-Jiménez. 2. To order the State to allow the applicants to participate in planning and implementation of the protection measures and, in general, to inform them of progress regarding the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 3. 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. 2. The Orders of the Court of February 20, 2003, December 2, 2003, and May 4, 2004, whereby, among other things, the Court declared that the State “ha[d] not effectively implemented the [p]rovisional [m]easures” and re-ordered such measures for the benefit of the beneficiary. 3. The briefs of February 10, April 25 and October 28, 2005; January 16, June 28 and December 5, 2006; May 28 and August 13, 2007; June 30, August 8, August 11 and December 17, 2008, whereby the State reported on compliance with the provisional measures ordered for the benefit of Mr. Uzcátegui. 4. The briefs submitted by the representatives of Mr. Uzcátegui (hereinafter, “the representatives”) on March 7, May 27 and December 7, 2005; February 23, March 31, August 22 and February 9, 2006; July 4 and September 17, 2007; August 5 and September 9, 2008; and January 16, 2009, whereby they provided their observations on the aforementioned State reports. 5. The briefs submitted by the Inter-American Commission on March 29, June 13 and December 14, 2005; March 2, April 13, August 28 and August 29, 2006; February 20, July 11 and October 3, 2007; and October 13, 2008, whereby it submitted its observations on the aforementioned State reports and the representatives’ observations. 6. The letter from the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter, “Secretariat”), dated July 19, 2007, whereby, on the instructions of the President of the Court, it requested the Commission to provide information on the procedural status of this matter before it.