Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ∗ of November 17, 2009 Provisional Measures regarding Colombia Matter of the Communities of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court,” “the Inter-American Court,” or “the Tribunal”) of March 6, 2003, in which it resolved to: 1. Request the State of Colombia to adopt, without delay, the measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of all the members of the communities constituted by the Community Council of Jiguamiandó and the families of Curbaradó. 2. Request the State of Colombia to investigate the facts that motivated the adoption of such provisional measures, with the purpose of identifying those responsible and imposing upon them the corresponding sanctions. 3. Request the State of Colombia to adopt as many measures as might be necessary to assure that the beneficiaries of the present measures can keep living in the places they inhabit, without any kind of coercion or threat. 4. Request the State of Columbia, according to that established in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, to grant special protection to the so-called “humanitarian refuge zones” constituted by the Community Council of Jiguamiandó and the families of Curbaradó, and consequently, to adopt the necessary measures for them to receive all the aid of a humanitarian character that is sent to them. 5. Request the State of Colombia to guarantee all the security conditions necessary for the people of the communities constituted by the Community Council of Jiguamiandó and the families of Curbaradó that have been forced to move to wild zones or other regions, to return home, or to the “humanitarian refuge zones” established by such communities. 6.Request the State of Colombia to establish a mechanism of continuous supervision and permanent communication in the so-called “humanitarian refuge zones”, according to the terms of the present Order. 7.Request the State of Colombia to give participation to the representatives designated by the beneficiaries of these measures, in their planning and implementation and, in general, to keep them informed regarding the advance of the measures dictated by the Inter-American Court on Human Rights. […] 2. The Orders of the Inter-American Court of November 17, 2004, March 15, 2005, February 7, 2006, and February 5, 2008, in which it ordered, inter alia, to request the Republic of Colombia (hereinafter “the State” or “Colombia”) to maintain the measures adopted, according to the Order of March 6, 2003. ∗ Due to reasons of force majeure, Judge Cecilia Medina Quiroga and Judge Leonardo A. Franco did not participate in the deliberation and signing of the present Order.