Order of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
of February 4, 2010
Provisional Measures
Regarding the Republic of Ecuador
Matter of the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku
Having Seen:
1.
The Order issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter,
the “Inter-American Court”, the “Court” or the “Tribunal”) of July 6, 2004, by which
it was decided, inter alia "[t]o call upon the State to adopt […] the measures
necessary to protect the life and integrity of person of the members of the Kichwa
indigenous community of Sarayaku and of those who represent and defend them
[…],” “[t]o call upon the State to guarantee the right to freedom of movement of the
members of the Kichwa community of Sarayaku," to call upon the State to
investigate the facts that necessitated the adoption of these provisional measures so
as to identify those responsible and impose the appropriate punishments,” “to call
upon the State to allow the beneficiaries of these measures to participate in their
planning and implementation and, in general, to keep them informed of the progress
made with execution of the measures ordered by the […] Court […].”
2.
The Order of the then President of the Court of March 18, 2005, by which it
was decided to convene the Commission, the representatives and the State to a
public hearing, which was held in Asunción, Paraguay, at the seat of the Supreme
Court of Justice of that country, on May 11, 2005.
3.
The Order issued by the Tribunal on June 17, 2005, by which it was decided
to repeat to the State to maintain the measures adopted, in the terms of the Order
of July 6, 2004, (supra Having Seen clause 1) and to adopt, forthwith, the measures
necessary: