Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 25, 2008 Provisional Measures With regard to Brazil Matter of Children Deprived of Liberty in the “Complexo do Tatuapé” of FEBEM HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court”, “the Court” or “the Tribunal”) of November 17, 2005, and the Orders issued by the Court on November 30, 2005, on July 4, 2006 and on July 3, 2007. In the latter, the Tribunal decided: 1. To reiterate to the State that it must immediately adopt and maintain the necessary measures to protect the life and personal integrity of all the children and adolescents residing in the Tatuapé Complex of the CASA Foundation, as well as that of all the persons within it. To this end, it shall continue to adopt the necessary measures to prevent outbursts of violence, as well as to guarantee the security of the inmates and maintain order and discipline in the above mentioned complex. 2. To reiterate to the State that it should maintain the necessary measures to prevent the young inmates from being submitted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, including prolonged confinement and physical mistreatment. 3. To reiterate to the State that, without prejudice to the measures ordered in the preceding operative paragraphs that must be implemented immediately, it must maintain and adopt those necessary to: (a) substantially reduce the overcrowding in the Tatuapé Complex; (b) confiscate the weapons in the possession of the young people; (c) separate the inmates in keeping with the relevant international standards and taking into account the best interests of the child, and (d) provide the necessary medical care to the detained children in order to guarantee their right to personal integrity. In this regard, the State must periodically inspect the detention conditions and the physical and emotional conditions of the detained children, with the participation of the representatives of the beneficiaries of the […] provisional measures. 4. To reiterate to the State that it [was to] take all the necessary steps to ensure that the measures of protection are planned and implemented with the participation of the representatives of the beneficiaries of the measures and that, in general, it keep […] them informed of progress in their implementation. 5. To reiterate to the State that it should facilitate the entry of the representatives of the beneficiaries of the measures to the units of the Tatuapé Complex, as well as communications between the latter and the young inmates, which should be conducted in the most confidential manner possible, in order to avoid intimidating the adolescents during the interviews. 6. To reiterate to the State that it [was to] forward to the Court an updated list of all the youths who reside in the Tatuapé Complex.