4 5. To order the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, within a week of when it receives the report filed by the State, whatever observations it deems pertinent. 6. To order the State, subsequent to its first communication (supra operative paragraph four), to continue reporting to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, every two months, on the provisional measures adopted, and to order the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights to submit its observations to said reports within six weeks of the date they are received. 6. The August 29, 2003 note by the Secretariat of the Court in which it reminded the State to submit the report required by operative paragraph four of the July 30, 2003 Order of the President. At the time of the instant Order, the State has not submitted said report. 7. The August 29, 2003 communication by the Inter-American Commission to which it attached a brief by the applicants with additional information on the status of implementation of the urgent measures granted in favor of journalists Colomina and Velásquez. In said note, the applicants pointed out that the State: ha[s] not adopted any of the necessary measures to protect the life, the right to humane treatment and freedom of expression of Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez, nor have they been summoned by any body of the State to allow the beneficiaries to participate in planning and implementation of the protection measures. There is no knowledge, either, of any investigation being conducted by the State regarding the facts stated in the claim, with the aim of identifying and punishing those responsible, or if this is being done there is no information on any progress. The applicants also reported that “the threats against the life, the right to humane treatment and freedom of expression of journalists Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez have progressively worsened after the attack that they suffered.” Finally, the applicants requested that a public hearing be held at the seat of the Court “to evaluate non-compliance by the State of Venezuela” with the protection measures granted. CONSIDERING: 1. The State ratified the American Convention on August 9, 1977 and, pursuant to Article 62 of that Convention, it accepted the contentious jurisdiction of the Court on June 24, 1981. 2. Article 63(2) of the American Convention provides that, in cases of “extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” the Court may adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters it has under consideration, and in cases not yet submitted to the Court, it may act at the request of the Commission. 3. Pursuant to Articles 25(1) and 25(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, [a]t any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. [w]ith respect to matters not yet submitted to it, the Court may act at the request of the Commission.