3 6. That the Government has the obligation to prevent violations of human rights and to investigate the events that led to this request for provisional measures so as to identify those responsible and impose the appropriate sanctions in order to avoid the repetition of such acts. NOW, THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS By virtue of Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights, and in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 24 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To call upon the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua to adopt, forthwith, such measures as are necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Dr. Alemán-Lacayo and to avoid irreparable damage to him, in strict compliance with its legal obligation under Article 1(1) of the Convention to respect and guarantee human rights. 2. To call upon the Government of Nicaragua to investigate the events and punish those responsible for them. 3. To call upon the Government of Nicaragua to submit to the Court, upon notification of this Order, a monthly report concerning the provisional measures which it has taken, and upon the Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights to forward to the Court its observations on such report within fifteen days of its receipt. 4. To include this matter on the agenda of the next regular session of the Court in order to analyze the results of the measures adopted by the Government of Nicaragua. Done in Spanish and English, the Spanish text being authentic, on this second day of February, 1996. Héctor Fix-Zamudio President Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Alejandro Montiel-Argüello Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Alirio Abre-Burelli Oliver Jackman Antônio A. Cançado Trindade Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary So ordered,