6 3. To order the State to adopt and maintain such measures as may be necessary to protect the life, the right to humane treatment and freedom of expression of Carlos Colmenares, Noé Pernía and Pedro Nikken, employees of the television broadcast station Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV). 4. To order the State to allow participation of the beneficiaries in planning and implementation of the protection measures and, in general, to inform them of progress regarding the measures ordered. 5. To order the State to investigate the facts stated in the complaint that gave rise to the instant measures, with the aim of discovering and punishing those responsible. 6. To order the State to report to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the measures it has taken to comply with the instant Order, no later than November 28, 2003. 7. To order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit whatever comments it deems pertinent on the report by the State, within two weeks of being notified thereof by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 8. To order the State, subsequent to its first report (supra operative paragraph six), to continue reporting to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, on the Provisional Measures adopted, and to order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations to said reports within six weeks of being notified thereof by the Court. 9. To notify this Order to the State and to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Antônio A. Cançado Trindade President Sergio García-Ramírez Hernán Salgado-Pesantes Máximo Pacheco-Gómez Alirio Abreu-Burelli Oliver Jackman Carlos Vicente de Roux-Rengifo Manuel E. Ventura-Robles Secretary