ORDER OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1995
PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA
BLAKE CASE
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, composed as follows:
Héctor Fix-Zamudio, President
Hernán Salgado-Pesantes, Vice President
Alejandro Montiel-Argüello, Judge
Máximo Pacheco-Gómez, Judge
Oliver Jackman, Judge
Alirio Abreu-Burelli, Judge
Antônio A. Cançado Trindade, Judge;
also present:
Manuel E. Ventura-Robles, Secretary, and
Ana María Reina, Deputy Secretary
issues the following order:
1.
On August 11, 1995, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
(hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission") presented the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the InterAmerican Court") a request for provisional measures relative to the Blake Case,
presently before the Court. In its brief, the Commission requested that the Court
take whatever provisional measures it might deem necessary on behalf of Mr. Justo
Victoriano Martínez-Morales, who is considered to be a key witness in the Blake
Case, as well as on behalf of four members of his family.
2.
The President of the Court (hereinafter "the President"), using the powers
conferred on him by Article 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, issued an
order on August 16, 1995 directing that:
1.
To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt without
delay any measures necessary to effectively ensure the protection and personal safety
of: JUSTO VICTORIANO MARTÍNEZ-MORALES, FLORIDALMA ROSALINA LÓPEZ-MOLINA,
VÍCTOR HANSEL MORALES-LÓPEZ, EDGAR IBAL MARTÍNEZ-LÓPEZ, and SYLVIA
PATRICIA MARTÍNEZ-LÓPEZ.
2.
To request that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt any
measures necessary so that the aforementioned persons may continue residing in their
place of domicile and be guaranteed that no agents of the Guatemalan State nor other
persons acting under the authority of the State shall persecute or threaten them.
3.
That the Government of the Republic of Guatemala present to the President of
the Court by September 5, 1995, at the latest, a report on the measures adopted so that