ORDER THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS1 OF MAY 22, 2014 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING BRAZIL MATTER OF THE PENITENTIARY COMPLEX OF CURADO 2 HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission,” or “the Commission”) of March 31, 2014, and its attachments, wherein it filed a request for provisional measures before the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court,” “the Court,” or “the Tribunal”), pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) and 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), in order for the Court to require the Federal Republic of Brazil (hereinafter “Brazil” or “the State”) to adopt, without delay, the measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of those deprived of liberty in the prison ‘Profesor Aníbal Bruno,’ as well as any other person in that establishment, located in the city of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. On April 9, the Commission provided said request in its Portuguese version. 2. The note of April 10, 2014, wherein the Secretariat of the Court (hereinafter “the Secretariat”), pursuant to instructions of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”), requested the State to submit, by no later than April 21, 2011: i) the observations it considers relevant regarding the request for provisional measures, and ii) any other documentation that it deems relevant for the Court to consider the request of the Inter-American Commission with all the necessary information. 3. The communication of April 16, 2014, wherein Brazil requested an extension until May 2, 2014, to submit its observations. 4. The note of April 16, 2014, wherein the Secretariat, pursuant to instructions of the President, granted the extension until April 25, 2014. 5. The brief of April 29, 2014, wherein the State provided its observations to the request of the Inter-American Commission. The attachments of the communication were received by the Secretariat of the Court on May 5, 2014. 1 Judges Roberto F. Caldas and Diego García-Sayán did not participate in the hearing and deliberation of this Order. 2 According to information provided by the State, since February 7, 2012, the Prison Professor Aníbal Bruno has been divided into three units, which were renamed Presídio Juiz Antonio Luiz Lins de Barros (PJALLB), Presídio Marcelo Francisco de Araújo (PAMFA) and Presídio Frei Damião of Bozzano (PFDB), all functioning independently. The Complex was named "Curado Complex". Based on the foregoing, the Court will refer to said complex in this Order, based on the understanding that it encompasses the physical structure which consisted of the old Professor Aníbal Bruno Prison, object of the precautionary measures of the Inter-American Commission.