ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS* OF JULY 4, 2006 PROVISIONAL MEASURES AND REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES REGARDING THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL MATTER OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN THE "COMPLEXO DO TATUAPÉ" OF FEBEM HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”, or “the Inter-American Court”) of November 17, 2005, by means of which it requested the Brazilian State (hereinafter “the State”) to immediately adopt the necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of all the children and adolescents institutionalized in the Tatuapé Complex, of the Fundação Estadual do Bem-Estar do Menor de São Paulo [São Paulo State Foundation for the Welfare of Minors] (hereinafter “FEBEM”), as well as the life of all the people within said compound. 2. The Court Order of November 30, 2005, whereby it decided to: 1. Again request that the State immediately adopt the necessary measures to protect the lives and personal integrity of all the children and adolescents residing in FEBEM Tatuapé Complex, as well as that of all persons within it. To that end, the State shall adopt the necessary measures to prevent outbreaks of violence, and also to guarantee the security of the inmates and maintain order and discipline in the above mentioned compound. 2. Request the State to adopt, without delay, the necessary measures to prevent that the young inmates are subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, among which lasting confinement and physical mistreatment are included. 3. Request the State, notwithstanding the measures of immediate implementation ordered in the operative paragraphs above, to adopt those necessary to: a) substantially reduce overcrowding in Tatuapé Complex, b) seize the weapons in the possession of young inmates, c) classify the inmates, according to the international standards on the matter and taking the best interest of the child into account, and d) provide the necessary medical attention to the institutionalized children in order to guarantee their right to personal integrity. In this sense, the State shall carry out a periodic supervision of the detention conditions and the physical and emotional state of the detainees, with the participation of the representatives of the beneficiaries of these provisional measures. • Judge Oliver Jackman informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he was unable to be present during the deliberation of this Order.

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