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 Article 27 of its Rules of Procedure,
DEC IDES:
1.
To lift the provisional measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights on June 18, 2002 and subsequently ratified, which were adopted to
protect the life and integrity of all detainees at the Urso Branco Prison, as well as all
persons located inside it.
2.
To recall that, in the terms of Article 1(1) of the American Convention, the
lifting of provisional measures does not imply that the State is freed f rom its
conventional obligations of protection.
3.
To order that the Secretariat of the Tribunal serve notice of the present Order
on the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights,
and the representatives of the beneficiaries of the present measures.
4.
To order the archival of the case files pertaining to this matter.
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