ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS * OF JULY 4, 2006 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING VENEZUELA MATTER OF MARTA COLOMINA AND LILIANA VELÁSQUEZ HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court,” “the Inter-American Court” or “the Tribunal”) on September 8, 2003. 2. The Order issued by the Tribunal on December 2, 2003. 3. The Order issued by the Court on May 4, 2004 in the Matters of Liliana Ortega et al., Luisiana Ríos et al., Luis Uzcátegui, and Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez. 4. The report of the State of Venezuela (hereinafter, “the State” or “Venezuela”), dated December 17, 2004, wherein the State asserted that: a) on June 27, 2003, the Office of the Attorney General opened an investigation of the facts that led to the adoption of these measures. Such investigation included “the questioning of witnesses, an eye inspection of the vehicle owned by Marta Colomina, the gathering of evidence at the scene and mapping tasks,” and b) since the date on which the measure of protection was ordered, the beneficiaries have not yet notified the Office of the Attorney General of any complaints regarding compliance with such measure. 5. The submission of comments by the representatives of the beneficiaries of the provisional measures (hereinafter, “the representatives”) of February 16, 2005, whereby, after obtaining a deadline extension, they noted, inter alia, that: a) two years after the facts that led to the adoption of the provisional measures, the four prosecutors of the Office of the Attorney General appointed to the case have only managed to “maintain the complaint at the • Judge Oliver Jackman advised the Court that, due to reasons of force majeure, he would be unable to be present at the deliberations on and signing of this Order.