ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JULY 22, 1997 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA ÁLVAREZ ET AL. CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of July 7, 1997, and its attachments, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”), pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), a request for provisional measures on behalf of José Daniel Alvarez, Nidia Linores Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, Maria Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, Erik Antonio Arellano Bautista, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio and Miriam Rosas Ascanio, all concerning case No. 11.764 before the Commission against the State of Colombia (hereinafter “the State” or “Colombia”). 2. The above-mentioned brief, in which the Commission requested that the Court call upon the State to do the following: a. To adopt effective security measures to guarantee the life and physical integrity of José Daniel Alvarez, Nidia Linores Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, Maria Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera and Evidalia Chacón, all members the [Association of Relatives of Detainees-Disappeared Persons of Colombia], as well as Erik Antonio Arellano Bautista, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio and Miriam Rosas Ascanio. The protection measures should be decided by common agreement between the Government of Colombia and the protected persons to assure the effectiveness and pertinence of the same. b. To adopt, as an essential element of the obligation to protect, effective measures to investigate the events against the members of ASFADDES detailed in [the] petition, in particular the recent attempt that occurred on June 24, 1997 in the city of Medellín, in order to identify, and if possible, to punish those responsible for these acts. c. To adopt, the necessary measures to ensure that all of the offices of ASFADDES in Colombia have adequate security to carry out in a normal way their functions without danger to the life and personal integrity of the people that work there. The necessary measures should emphasize special attention to protect the headquarters of the organization in ASFADDES and to guarantee the opening and normal function of the offices in Medellín and Ocaña. These protection measures should be reached by common agreement between the Government of Colombia and the protected persons to assure the effectiveness and pertinence of the same. d. To inform the Court as soon as possible on the concrete effective measures taken to protect José Daniel Alvarez, Nidia Linores Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, Maria Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera and Evidalia Chacón, all members the [Association of Relatives of DetaineesDisappeared Persons of Colombia], as well as Erik Antonio Arellano Bautista, José Publio Bautista,