2 refusal of Ms. María Nodelia Parra to submit herself to a new study of the level of risk and degree of the threat. 5. The briefs of January 26, July 23, and September 11, 2009, through which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) presented their observations to the reports of the State and to the briefs of the representatives. 6. The notes of May 8, July 4, August 11, and November 20, 2008, and February 5, June 17, July 8, August 28, and September 8, 2009, among others, by which the Secretary of the Tribunal, following the instructions of the then-President of the Court: a) requested additional information from the State and the representatives regarding the present provisional measures; b) restated the expiration of the time periods for the presentation of their briefs, and c) conceded time extensions to the parties for the submission of their briefs. 7. The Order of the then-President of the Court on December 8, 2009, by which she decided to convene the State, the representatives, and the Inter-American Commission to a public hearing, with the purpose of hearing the allegations of the parties about the eventual continuance of the situation of extreme gravity and the urgency to avoid irreparable damages that motivated the adoption of said measures in favor of the beneficiaries, so as to evaluate the necessity of maintaining the measures in effect. 8. The allegations of the parties at the public hearing regarding the present provisional measures carried out on January 29, 2010, at the seat of the Tribunal.1 CONSIDERING THAT: 1. Colombia ratified the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the American Convention” or “the Convention”) on July 31, 1973, and recognized the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court, according to Article 62 of the Convention, on June 21, 1985. 1 The following persons appeared at the hearing: a) for the State of Colombia: Carlos Franco Echeverria, Director of the Presidential Program of Human Rights and DIH; Margarita Rey Anaya, Director of Human Rights and DIH of the Ministry of Foreign Relations; Miguel Soto, Coordinator of the Group of Matters of protection and information of the Board of Human Rights and DIH of the Ministry of Foreign Relations; Ekateria Ortiz Linares, Advisor of the Board of Human Rights and DIH of the Ministry of Foreign Relations; Eduth Claudia Hernández, Director in charge of Human Rights of the Ministry of National Defense; Brigadier General Jorge Rodríguez Clavijo, Chief of Human Rights of the National Army; Leutinent Coronel John Henry Arango Alzate, Coordinador of Human Rights of the National Police; Coronel Efraín Oswaldo Aragón Sánchez, Advisor of Human Rights of the General Inspection of the National Police; Oswaldo Ramos Arrendó, Chief of the Legal Office of the Administrative Department of Security, and Juliana Bustamante, Advisor of Human Rights of the Administrative Department of Security; b) for the representatives of the beneficiaries: Luz Marina Monzón Cifuentes; Viviana Rodríguez Peña, and Oscar Javier Carbonell Valderrama, representatives of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, and c) for the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights: Lilly Ching and Silvia Serrano, legal advisors.