ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JULY, 15, 1991 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF GUATEMALA CHUNIMÁ CASE THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS HAVING SEEN: 1. The communication of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission") dated June 27, 1991, which was received at the Secretariat of the Court on the following day, whereby, pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention") and 76 of the Regulations of the Commission, the Commission submits to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court"), "a request for provisional measures to protect the life and physical integrity" of the persons stipulated in the resolution attached to said communication relating to case 10.674; 2. The remainder of the related documentation which was received at the Secretariat of the Court via Sky Net-Worldwide Courier Network on July 2, 1991; 3. The aforementioned resolution of the Commission requesting the Court to adopt the following provisional meassures: 1. To request that the Government of Guatemala adopt the necessary measures to protect the lives, physical integrity, and security of the witnesses, relatives, human rights activists, and judges named in this resolution. In this context, it is recommended that the Government of Guatemala inform the human rights organizations affected of the name and phone number of a civilian official in the government who will be responsible for providing them with protection should the need arise. 2. To request that the Government of Guatemala effectively ensure that human rights activists may return to their homes in Chunimá without fear of further persecution at the hands of civil patrols or the army. 3. To request that the Guatemalan authorities carry out the arrest warrants issued against the principal suspects, the aforementioned members of the civil patrol of Chunimá. 4. To request that the highest authorities of the Government of Guatemala make a public declaration to be published in the major media establishment in the country recognizing the legitimacy of the work of human rights monitors in Guatemala and acknowledging that their activities are protected not only by the American Convention on Human Rights, but also by the Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala. 5. To request the Court to hold a public hearing at the earliest opportunity so that the Commission may inform the Court in detail about the condition of defenselessness in which human rights monitors are working in the department of El Quiché, Guatemala. At the same time, the Guatemalan government will have the opportunity to inform the Court of the concrete measures adopted to clarify these crimes, punish the perpetrators,