ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JANUARY 21, 1998 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF PERU CESTI HURTADO CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of July 17, 1997, 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") a request for provisional measures on behalf of Mr. Gustavo A. Cesti-Hurtado, in connection with case Nº 11.730 before the Commission against the State of Peru (hereinafter "the State" or "Peru"), pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the American Convention") and 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules of Procedure".) 2. The Order of the President of this Court of July 29, 1997, in which he decided: 1. To request the Government of the Republic of Peru to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be necessary to ensure the physical and moral integrity of Mr. Gustavo Cesti-Hurtado, so that any provisional measures that the Court may take may have the pertinent effects. 2. To request the Government of the Republic of Peru to submit to the President of the Court, by August 25, 1997, a report on the measures taken in order to bring them to the attention of the Court at its next session. It must report particularly on whether it complied with the request for precautionary measures sought by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in its note of April 25, 1997. 3. To summon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Government of Peru to a public hearing on the matter to be held at the Court on September 8, 1997, at 4.00 p.m. 3. The Order of the Court of September 11, 1997, in which it decided: 1. To ratify the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 29, 1997. 2. To call upon the State of Peru to continue with the necessary measures for ensuring the physical, psychological and moral integrity of Mr. Gustavo Cesti-Hurtado. 3. To call upon the State of Peru to continue to report every three months on any of the measures it has taken to comply with this order. 4. To call upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit to the Court its