ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF GUATEMALA CARPIO NICOLLE CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Tribunal”) of June 4, 1995, in which it decided: 1. To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt without delay all necessary measures to effectively ensure the protection of the lives and personal integrity of the following persons: MARTA ELENA ARRIVILLAGA DE CARPIO, KAREN FISCHER DE CARPIO, MARIO LÓPEZ-ARRIVILLAGA, ANGEL ISIDRO GIRÓN-GIRÓN, and ABRAHAM MÉNDEZ-GARCÍA, and to investigate the threats and harassment of the persons named and to punish those responsible. 2. To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt all necessary measures so that witnesses to the Carpio Case can testify, and so that the prosecutor in the case, Abraham Méndez-García, can fulfill his duties without pressure or reprisals. 3. To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala inform the military authorities of the Military Zone to which the Civil Defense Committees of San Pedro Jocopilas answer, to instruct these Committees to refrain from taking any actions that would put the lives or personal integrity of the individuals named at risk. 4. To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala submit a report to the President of the Court every thirty days from the date of this Order, on the measures taken pursuant to this Order, so as to bring the information to the attention of the Court. 5. To instruct the Secretariat of the Court to transmit the reports presented by the Government of the Republic of Guatemala to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights without delay, which shall then present its observations not later than fifteen days after receipt of the pertinent information. 6. To submit this Order for the Court’s consideration and pertinent effects during its next regular session and, if it deems it appropriate, to hold a public hearing on this matter during that same period. 2. The Order of the President of the Court (hereinafter “the President”) of July 26, 1995 in which it called upon the State of Guatemala (hereinafter “the State” or “Guatemala”) to expand the urgent measures adopted in this case, on behalf of Ms. Lorraine Marie Fisher Pivaral and that it investigate those responsible for the attack, denounced by the Commission in its brief of July 20, 1995, committed against her. 3. The Order of the Inter-American Court of September 19, 1995, in which it decided to “confirm and to adopt as its own the urgent measures taken by the President in the Orders of June 4 and July 26, 1995”.