5.
To call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present
the observations it deems pertinent to the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights within 10 days of receiving notification of the State’s report.
6.
To call on the State to continue informing the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights, every two months, on the provisional measures it has adopted
and to call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its
observations on these reports within six weeks of receiving them.
7.
To convene the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and
Mexico to a public hearing at the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights on November 26, 2001, at 3 p.m., in order to hear their statements on
the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the adoption of these urgent
measures, without prejudice to the information that the parties will provide in
the report and in the brief with observations requested in this order.
3.
The State’s report of November 5, 2001, in which in provided information on
the measures it had adopted and the investigation into the facts that gave rise to
them. With regard to the measures adopted, Mexico indicated that, since the date
of the death of Digna Ochoa, the authorities of the Office of the Federal District
Attorney General (hereinafter “PGJDF”) had offered security and guard services to
the installations of the PRODH Center, after having consulted with the beneficiaries.
Moreover, members of the PGJDF had met with Bárbara Zamora López and Leonel
Rivero Rodríguez to offer them the required protection; the latter had indicated that
they would contact the PGJDF subsequently to inform it about how they wished this
protection to be provided. Since October 20, 2001, Pilar Noriega García has been
provided with security personnel by the PGJDF for 24 hours a day. Lastly, with
regard to Edgar Cortéz and the other members of the PRODH Center, they are
assessing the offer of governmental protection and the terms in which this could be
carried out. Also, with regard to the investigation into the facts, the State indicated
that:
a) At 7.30 p.m. on October 19, 2001, the Office of the Federal District
Attorney General (PGJDF) began investigating the homicide of Digna Ochoa y
Plácido. The body was removed to the Fourth Investigative Agency for
identification and examination;
b) Several persons have made statements with regard to the threats that
Digna Ochoa y Plácido had received; and
c) The members of the PRODH Center are collaborating in the investigation.
4.
The Commission’s brief of November 7, 2001, in which it forwarded a
communication addressed to the Commission by Leonel Rivero Rodríguez and
Bárbara Zamora López about their specific needs for protection by the State.
5.
The brief of the Inter-American Commission of November 21, 2001, in which
it forwarded the “observations presented by the petitioners on the first report of the
State of Mexico” on the provisional measures1. With regard to these measures, the
observations indicated that:
1
During the public hearing held on November 26, 2001, the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights expressly endorsed the brief with the petitioners’ observations presented as an attachment by the
Commission.