ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA SERECH AND SAQUIC CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of April 12, 1996, and its attachments, through 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 Blanca Margarita Valiente de Similox, Vitalino Similox, Sotero Similox, María Francisca Ventura-Sican, Lucio Martínez, Maximiliano Solís, Bartolo Solís, Julio Solís-Hernández, María Magdalena Sunún-González, Héctor Solís, José Solís, Gregoria Gómez, Juan García, Eliseo Calel, and Víctor Tuctuc, in connection with case No. 11.570 before the Commission against the State of the Republic of Guatemala (hereinafter "the State" or "Guatemala"). 2. The Order of the President of the Court (hereinafter "the President") of April 24, 1996, in which he decided: 1. To call upon the Government of the Republic of Guatemala to adopt forthwith such measures as may be necessary to protect the lives and physical integrity of Blanca Margarita Valiente de Similox, Vitalino Similoc, Sotero Similox, María Francisca Ventura Sican, Lucio Martínez, Maximiliano Solís, Bartolo Solís, Julio Solís Hernández, María Magdalena Sunún González, Héctor Solís, José Solís, Gregoria Gómez, Juan García, Eliseo Calel, and Víctor Tuctuc, and to avoid irreparable damage to them, in strict compliance with the obligation to respect and guarantee human rights, which it undertook in accordance with Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. To call upon the Government of the Republic of Guatemala to investigate the events and punish those responsible and to use the means at its disposal to execute the warrant for the arrest of Víctor Román Cotzal. 3. To call up the Government of the Republic of Guatemala to report to the Court, every thirty days from the date of notification, on the urgent measures it adopts, and upon the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to transmit the comments on that information to the Court within fifteen days of its receipt. 4. To submit this Order for the Court's consideration and pertinent effects during the next session. 5. To summon the parties to a public hearing at the seat of the Court on June 27, 1996, at 10:00 a.m., so that the Court may hear their views on the events and circumstances that led to this request for provisional measures and to this Order.