2 it considers important that the measures in favor of Ms. [Karen] Fischer and [Marta Elena] Arrivillaga be continued. In view of the petitioners' declarations, the Commission considers that the measures in favor of the other persons protected by the order of the Honourable Court may be withdrawn, on the understanding, of course, that it does not preclude the possibility of the petitioners again requesting adoption of protective or provisional measures should the circumstances so warrant (no underlining in the original). CONSIDERING: 1. That Article 63 (2) of the Convention provides that: [i]n cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court shall adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters it has under its consideration. With respect to a case not yet submitted to the Court, it may act at the request of the Commission. 2. That the Court has the power to lift some or all of the provisional measures when it has been proven that the lives and safety of the persons protected are not at grave or imminent risk. 3. That, bearing in mind the State's latest reports and the Commission's observations, particularly those of June 9, 1998, in which it expressed its agreement with the lifting of the provisional measures in favor of Mario LópezArrivillaga, Ángel Isidro Girón-Girón, Abraham Méndez-García and Lorraine Marie Fischer-Pivaral, the situation of "extreme gravity and urgency" which justified the adoption of provisional measures in their favor has ceased to exist, for which reason it is appropriate to lift them. The same is not true of Ms. Karen Fischer de Carpio and Ms. Marta Elena de Carpio, whose lives and personal safety the State must continue to protect. 4. That although the Court required the State through Order of September 19, 1997, "to include in its next report reliable documentation on the status of case No. 1011-97 and on specific progress made with the investigations of the threats and acts of intimidation denounced", those documents still have not been received. Accordingly, it is necessary to call upon the State to present copies of the judicial proceedings concerning the investigation of the facts that gave rise to the adoption of these provisional measures and to continue to carry out its investigations in an effective manner. NOW, THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in compliance with Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure RESOLVES: 1. To lift the provisional measures adopted in favor of Mario LópezArrivillaga, Ángel Isidro Girón-Girón, Abraham Méndez-García and Lorraine Marie Fischer-Pivaral. 2. To maintain the provisional measures adopted by the Court on September 19, 1995 in favor of Ms. Marta Elena Arrivillaga de Carpio and Karen Fischer de Carpio.