11 * * * 40. The Court takes note of the offering made by the State regarding the public act to be carried out on February 26, 2010 and urges the parties to consolidate the agreement in that respect. The Tribunal emphasizes the commitment made by the State in order to “guarantee the best conditions for [the] work” of the Civic Committee “on good faith.” Moreover, the Court recalls that States have the specific duty to protect all people working in non-governmental organizations and give effective and adequate guarantees to human rights defenders so that they may perform their tasks freely, and to deplore acts that prevent or hamper their work since such work constitutes a positive contribution and supplements the efforts made by the State in its capacity of guarantor of the rights of individual under its jurisdiction.10 Therefore: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, By virtue of the authority granted by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Articles 27 and 31 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure,11 Decides: 1. To require the State to maintain and adopt the measures that are necessary to continue protecting the life and physical integrity of Mrs. Islena Rey and Mariela de Giraldo and her two minor daughters, Sara and Natalia Giraldo, and to inform this Tribunal in that respect. 2. To require the State to inform on the commitment made according to the terms of Considering clauses 30 and 34 of this Order. 10 Cf. Case of Monagas Judicial Confinement Center (“La Pica”). Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of February 9, 2006, considering clause fourteen. Case of Plan de Sanchez Massacre. Provisional Measures regarding Guatemala. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 25, 2006, Considering Clause twelve. Case of Gloria Giralt de García Prieto et al. Provisional Measures regarding El Salvador Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 26, 2006, Considering Clause eight. Furthermore, see Organization of American States, “Human Rights Defenders in the Americas”: Support for the individuals, groups, and organizations of civil society working to promote and protect human rights in the Americas, AG/Res. 1671 (XXIX-0/99) of June 7, 1999; AG/Res. 1711 (XXX-O/00) of June 5, 2000, and AG/Res. 2412 (XXXVIIIO/08) of June 3, 2008. 11 Rules of Procedure of the Court approved during its LXXXV Regular Period of Sessions, held from November 16 to 28, 2009.