ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS* OF JULY 4, 2006 PROVISIONAL MEASURES CABALLERO DELGADO AND SANTANA REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”) of April 16, 1997, it which it decided: 1. To request the State of Colombia [(hereinafter “the State,” “the Colombian State,” “the State de Colombia” or “Colombia”)] to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be necessary to protect the lives and physical integrity of Gonzalo Arias Alturo, Javier Páez, Guillermo Guerrero Zambrano, Élida González and Maria Nodelia Parra, and to prevent them from suffering irreparable damage, in strict compliance with the obligation to respect and guarantee human rights, which it undertook, under Article 1(1) of the [American] Convention [on Human Rights] (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention")]. 2. To request the State of Colombia that it investigate the acts of intimidation to which the persons mentioned in the preceding operative paragraph were subjected and punish those responsible. 2. The Order of the Court of September 19, 1997, in which it decided: 1. To request the State de Colombia, to […] submit to the Court information on the situation […] of Guillermo Guerrero Zambrano, as well as his opinion on the alleged plan to “dismantle” the measures of protection for María Nodelia Parra, reported by the Commission. 2. To request the State de Colombia to take the necessary steps to locate Élida González and verify her situation […] and include the results of this verification in its next report to the Court. 3. The Order of the Court of June 3, 1999, in which it decided: 1. To lift and terminate the provisional measures ordered on April 16, 1997, for Guillermo Guerrero Zambrano and Javier Páez. 2. To maintain the provisional measures ordered on April 16, 1997, for María Nodelia Parra, Gonzalo Arias Alturo and Élida González Vergel. 3. To request that [...] the State de Colombia submit a detailed account of the measures it has adopted in light of the [...] changes in the situation of Gonzalo Arias Alturo and Élida González Vergel. To further request that the document include specific • Judge Oliver Jackman informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he would be unable to participate in the deliberation of this Order.