2 CONSIDERING: 1. That Colombia is a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights, Article 1.1 of which establishes the obligation of the States Parties to respect the rights and freedoms recognized therein and to ensure their free and full exercise to all persons subject to their jurisdiction, and that this State recognized the jurisdiction of this Court on June 21, 1985, in accordance with Article 62 of the Convention. 2. That, in order to ensure compliance with the rulings of the Court in its order of November 11, 1997, the State must maintain the measures that it adopted in this case until the XL Regular Session of the Court, since only then will the Court have the opportunity to consider their pertinence and assess the situation of the protected persons. 3. That, in order for the Court to assess the measures adopted in this case, it must call upon the State of Colombia to include all the most recent information that it considers relevant, including its opinion on the need to maintain the said measures, in its fifth report on these measures, which should be presented on May 22, 1998. 4. That, also to ensure that the Court has all the facts necessary to consider this matter, it must call upon the Commission to present its observations on the State’s fifth report and its opinion on whether the measures adopted should be maintained, within a special period, which must expire before the XL Regular Session of the Court. THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to Article 63.2 of the American Convention on Human Rights and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 25.4 of the Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To call upon the State of Colombia to maintain until June 19, 1998, the measures adopted in compliance with the orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 11, 1997, and January 21, 1998. 2. To call upon the State of Colombia to include in its fifth report, which should be presented to the Secretariat of the Court on May 22, 1998, all relevant information on the measures adopted in the instant case, including its opinion on the pertinence of maintaining them in effect. 3. To call upon the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations on the fifth report of the State of Colombia and its opinion on the pertinence of maintaining the measures in the present case in effect, by June 5, 1998, at the latest. 4. To instruct the Secretariat of the Court to include consideration of this matter in the Court’s agenda of work.