2 g) h) i) j) The “de facto imprisonment” of General Gallardo entails irreparable damage for his wife, Leticia Enríquez, and his children, Marco Vinicio, Francisco José, Alejandro and Jessica Gallardo Enríquez; The United Mexican States should adopt measures to protect the life and safety of General Gallardo and the members of his family, and, following his liberation, these measures should be applied immediately; The “de facto detention” of General Gallardo also generated irreparable damage to his freedom of expression in relation to his life. Indeed, the General’s “de facto imprisonment” prevented him from fully expounding his version of the campaign of harassment to which he has been subjected and freely expressing his opinions about the acts which he considers constitute an abuse of authority within the Mexican army; and Mexican society was deprived of full access to General Gallardo’s perception of his case and his claims of abuse by the Mexican armed forces, with irreparable consequences to the right to freedom of expression of the Mexican population. 2. The order of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) of December 20, 2001, after having consulted all the judges of the Court, which considered it “necessary to hear at a public hearing the arguments [of the United Mexican States (hereinafter “the State” or “Mexico”)] and of the Commission with regard to the […] request, and also the statements of the witnesses and the reports of the expert witnesses. The witnesses and the expert witnesses will be summoned when the Commission forwards the final list”, and decided: 1. To call on the State to adopt forthwith all necessary measures to protect the life and safety of General José Francisco Gallardo Rodríguez. 2. To call on the State to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by January 14, 2002, at the latest, about the measures it has adopted to comply with this order. 3. To call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit any pertinent comments to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within 10 days of receiving notification of the State’s report. 4. To summon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Mexican States to a public hearing at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on February 18, 2002, at 3 p.m., so that the Court may hear their points of view on the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the request for provisional measures. 3. The order of the President of the Court of January 23, 2002, in which he decided: 1. To summon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Mexican States to a public hearing to be held at the seat of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights on February 19, 2002, at 10 a.m., so that the Court may hear their arguments on the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the request for provisional measures, and to receive the statements of the proposed witnesses and the reports of the expert witnesses. Witnesses proposed by the Inter-American Commission: 1. Marco Vinicio Gallardo Enríquez