Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 3, 2007 Provisional Measures regarding Brazil Matter of Children Deprived of Liberty in the “Complexo do Tatuapé” of FEBEM HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) of November 17, 2005, in which the State of the Federative Republic of Brazil (hereinafter “the State” or “Brazil”) was requested to adopt forthwith the necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of the children and adolescents resident in the Tatuapé Complex of the Fundação Centro de Atendimento Sócio-Educativo ao Adolescente (hereinafter “the Tatuapé Complex” or “the Complex,” and the “CASA Foundation”), as well as that of all those within this Complex. 2. The Order of the Court of November 30, 2005, in which it decided to request the State: to adopt immediately the necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of all the children and adolescents residing in the Tatuapé Complex, as well as that of all the persons within it; to maintain the necessary measures to prevent the young inmates from being subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; to maintain and adopt the necessary measures to reduce substantially the overcrowding in the Tatuapé Complex; to confiscate the weapons in the possession of the young people, and to separate the interns in keeping with the corresponding international standards and taking into account the best interests of the child and to provide the necessary medical care to the children interned, in order to ensure their right to personal integrity; to take steps to ensure the participation of the representatives of the beneficiaries of the measures (hereinafter “the representatives”) in their planning and implementation; to facilitate the entry of the representatives into the units of the Tatuapé Complex; to forward to the Court an updated list of all the young people who reside in the Tatuapé Complex; and to investigate both the facts that gave rise to the adoption of the provisional measures and the violent events that have occurred subsequently. 3. The Order of the Court of July 4, 2006, in which it decided: 1. To reiterate to the State that it should immediately maintain and adopt the necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of all the children and adolescents institutionalized at the FEBEM Tatuapé Complex, as well as that of all the persons within it. To this end, it shall adopt the necessary measures to prevent outbursts of violence, as well as to guarantee the security of the inmates and maintain order and discipline in the above mentioned complex. 2. To reiterate to the State that it should maintain the necessary measures to prevent the inmates from being submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including prolonged confinement and physical mistreatment.