ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF FEBRUARY 8, 2013 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA MATTER OF GIRALDO CARDONA ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of October 28, 1996, as well as the Orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) of February 5 and April 16, 1997, June 19 and November 27, 1998, September 30, 1999, December 3, 2001, November 29, 2006, February 2, 2010 and February 22, 2011, requiring the State to adopt provisional measures in this matter and monitoring their implementation. In the last Order, the Court decided, inter alia: 1. To require the State to maintain and adopt all necessary measures to continue protecting the life and physical integrity of Islena Rey and Mariela Duarte de Giraldo, as well as the latter’s two daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo. 2. To require the State to provide information on the undertaking made before this Court to officially ask the Justice and Peace Unit, responsible for investigating incidents relating to the region of Meta, to specifically question those who appear before it about the facts related to this matter. 3. To request the State to submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, by June 1, 2011, at the latest, a detailed and thorough report indicating the measures it has adopted to comply with the provisions of the first operative paragraph of this Order, as well as the information required in considering paragraphs 20, 21, 29, 33 and 46 thereof. 4. To request the representatives of the beneficiaries to present their observations on the State’s report indicated in the preceding operative paragraph within four weeks of receiving it, together with the information requested in considering paragraphs 29 and 33 thereof. 5. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations on the State’s report indicated in the third operative paragraph of this Order within six weeks of receiving it. 6. To reiterate to the State that it must allow the beneficiaries of these measures to take part in the planning and implementation of the measures and, in general, keep them informed of any progress in the execution of the measures. […] 2. The briefs of March 23, June 22, October 11, and November 1 and 16, 2011, as well as the briefs of January 16, March 28, May 17, July 16, September 11, and November 15, 2012, in which the Republic of Colombia (hereinafter the “State” or “Colombia”) reported on the implementation of the provisional measures in this matter. Also, in several of its briefs of observations, Colombia asked the Court to consider the possibility of lifting the provisional measures regarding the beneficiaries Mariela Duarte, widow of Giraldo, and her