ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO GUATEMALA
CASE OF RAXCACÓ REYES ET AL.
HAVING SEEN:
1.
The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) issued on August 30, 2004, in which it decided, inter alia:
1.
To require the State to adopt, without delay, the necessary measures to protect the life of
Ronald Ernesto Raxcacó Reyes, Hugo Humberto Ruiz Fuentes, Bernardino Rodríguez Lara and Pablo
Arturo Ruiz Almengor, so as not to hinder the processing of their cases before the inter-American
system for the protection of human rights.
[…]
2.
The Order of the Court of July 4, 2006, whereby it “consider[ed] the provisional
measures ordered in favor of Mr. Hugo Humberto Ruiz Fuentes closed” and that “the
obligations of the State, as mentioned in these provisional measures regarding Mr. Ronald
Ernesto Raxcacó Reyes [were] replaced by the obligations that originated in the Judgment
issued by the Court on September 15, 2005, in the Case of Raxcacó Reyes v. Guatemala.”
Also, the Orders of the Court of February 2 and November 21, 2007. In the latter, the Court
ordered the lifting of the provisional measures ordered in favor of Mr. Pablo Arturo Ruiz
Almengor.
3.
The Order of the Court of May 9, 2008, in which it decided, inter alia:
[…]
Judge Margarette May Macaulay informed the Court that, for reasons of force majeure, she would not be
present at the deliberation and signing of this Order.