24 particular that they use force in an exceptional, planned, and limited manner in order to prevent prison violence. For this reason, the measures to be taken by the State must prioritize a system of preventive action - intended inter alia to prevent arms trafficking and an increase in violence - over a system of repressive action.32 THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, by way of the authority conferred by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 27 of the Rules of Procedure, DECIDES TO: 1. Lift the provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on November 22, 2004, and later ratified, to protect the life and integrity of all the persons held in custody in the Mendoza Provincial Prison and those in the Gustavo André Unit, in Lavalle, as well as every person found within those facilities. 2. Clarify that under the terms of Article 1(1) of the American Convention, the lifting of provisional measures does not imply that the State is relieved of its obligations under the Convention to protect. 3. Request that the Secretariat of the Court notify the State, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the representatives of the beneficiaries, and the State of Argentina of this Order. 4. Close the case file on this matter. Diego García-Sayán President Manuel E. Ventura Robles 32 Margarette May Macaulay Cf. Case of Montero Arangueren et al. (Catia Prison) v. Venezuela. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of July 5, 2006. Series C No. 150, para. 67, 71, 77, and 78; Case of Penal Miguel Castro Castro v. Peru. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of November 25, 2006. Series C No. 160, paras. 239 and 240; Matter of Yare I and Yare II Capital Region Penitentiary Center. Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela. Order of the Court of March 30, 2006, Considering 15, and Monagas Judicial Confinement Center ("La Pica”). Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela. Order of the Court of February 9, 2006, Considering 17.