ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF FEBRUARY 22, 2011 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING HONDURAS MATTER OF JOSÉ LUÍS GALDÁMEZ ÁLVAREZ ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) of December 6, 2010 and its annexes, whereby it submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, the “Inter-American Court,” the “Court,” or the “Tribunal”) a request for provisional measures, pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter, the “American Convention” or the “Convention”) and 27 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure (hereinafter, the “Rules of Procedure”), asking for the Republic of Honduras (hereinafter, the “State” or “Honduras”) to be ordered to protect the life, personal integrity, and freedom of expression of José Luís Galdámez Álvarez, a journalist and Director of the Radio Globo program “After the truth” (“Tras la verdad”) and beneficiary of precautionary measures 196/09 (Honduras), as well as for his partner, Wendy Orellana Molina, his children - Pedro Luís, José Luís, Marlon Josué, and Ramón Israel, all of whom use the last name Galdámez - and his two minor children. The Commission requested that the identities of the latter two children be kept confidential. 2. The facts on which, according to the Commission, the request for provisional measures is based: a) After the coup d’état of June 28, 2009, the Commission published a report on January 20, 2010, in which it highlighted that the work of journalists in Honduras, including that of Mr. Galdámez Álvarez, was being affected by threats and other forms of intimidation. The report also referred to the “ineffectiveness of juridical recourses for the protection of human rights;” b) On June 28, 2009, in the context of the coup d’état, the Commission ordered precautionary measures 196/09 in order to “safeguard the life and personal integrity of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of […] Honduras, Ms. Patricia Rodas.” The lives and personal integrity of numerous people who were or still are in a