Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 17, 2007 Provisional Measures regarding Colombia Matter of the Jiguamiandó and the Curbaradó Communities HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) of March 6, 2003, in which it decided: 1. To call upon the State of Colombia to adopt forthwith all necessary measures to protect the lives and safety of all the members of the communities composed of the Community Council of the Jiguamiandó and the families of the Curbaradó. 2. To call upon the State of Colombia to investigate the acts that gave rise to the adoption of these provisional measures in order to identify those responsible and impose the corresponding punishment. 3. To call upon the State of Colombia to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the persons benefiting from these measures may continue living in their place of residence, free from any kind of coercion or threat. 4. To call upon the State of Colombia, in accordance with the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights, to grant special protection to the so-called “humanitarian refuge zones” established for the communities comprising the Community Council of the Jiguamiandó and the families of the Curbaradó and, to that effect, to adopt the necessary measures so that they may receive all the humanitarian aid sent to them. 5. To call upon the State of Colombia to ensure the necessary security conditions so that the members of the communities comprising the Community Council of the Jiguamiandó and the families of the Curbaradó, who have been forcibly displaced to jungle zones or other regions, may return to their homes or to the “humanitarian refuge zones” established for these communities. 6. To call upon the State of Colombia to establish a continuous monitoring and permanent communication mechanism in the so-called “humanitarian refuge zones,” in accordance with the terms of this Order. 7. To call upon the State of Colombia to allow the representatives appointed by the beneficiaries of these measures to take part in their planning and implementation and, in general, to keep them informed of progress in the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. […] 2. The Orders of the Inter-American Court of November 17, 2004, March 15, 2005, and February 7, 2006, in which it decided, inter alia, to require the State to maintain the measures adopted pursuant to the Order of March 6, 2003. 3. The reports of the State of Colombia (hereinafter “the State”) of January 2, June 16 and September 13, 2006, and April 18 and November 15, 2007, together with the briefs of March 2, September 27 and November 20, 2007.