ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES SUBMITTED BY THE INTERAMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING EL SALVADOR MATTER OF GLORIA GIRALT DE GARCIA-PRIETO ET AL. HAVING SEEN: 1. The writing of September 25, 2006 and its Appendixes, by means of which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) a request for provisional measures, pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the American Convention"), and Article 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter "the Rules of Procedure"), with the purpose that the State of El Salvador (hereinafter “the State” or “El Salvador”) adopt the measures necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of the following persons: “Gloria Giralt de García-Prieto, José Mauricio García-Prieto [Hirlemann], María de los Ángeles García-Prieto de Charur, [José] Benjamín Cuéllar-[Martínez], Matilde Guadalupe Hernández de Espinoza, Paulino Espinoza, and José Roberto Burgos-Viale.” 2. The beneficiaries of this request for provisional measures are Gloria Giralt de García-Prieto, José Mauricio García-Prieto-Hirlemann and María de los Ángeles García-Prieto de Charur, next of kin of Ramón Mauricio García-Prieto-Giralt, who was murdered on June 10, 1994 in El Salvador. Other beneficiaries are José Benjamín Cuellar-Martínez, Matilde Guadalupe Hernández de Espinoza, and José Roberto Burgos-Viale, legal counselors of the García-Prieto-Giralt family, and members of the Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana (Institute of Human Rights of the Central American University) (hereinafter, “IDHUCA”, for its acronym in Spanish). Paulino Espinoza is the husband of Matilde Guadalupe Hernández. 3. The grounds pointed out by the Commission in its request for provisional measures (supra Having Seen clause No. 1), the summary of which is as follows: 3.1 Regarding the provisional measures ordered by the Commission a) On October 22, 1996, the petitioners applied for the issuance of provisional measures in favor of the next of kin of Ramón Mauricio GarcíaPrieto-Giralt and their counselors, since during the course of the proceedings  Judge Oliver Jackman was not present at the deliberations and did not sign this Order since he had informed the Court that, for reasons beyond his control, he would be unable to participate at the LXXII Ordinary Session of the Court.