ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF AUGUST 29, 1998 PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS BÁMACA VELÁSQUEZ CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The proceedings in the Bámaca Velásquez case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the Inter-American Court") and the transcript of the statement made by Mr. Santiago Cabrera-López during the public hearing the Court held at its seat on June 16, 17 and 18, 1998, on the merits of the case. 2. The petition of June 24, 1998, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter "the Commission" or "the Inter-American Commission"), pursuant to Article 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, submitted to the Court a request that it "adopt effective security measures to protect the life and physical integrity of Santiago Cabrera. The Government of Guatemala and the person for whom protection is being requested should mutually agree upon the protective measures so as to ensure their effectiveness and relevance. " As grounds for its request, the Commission informed the Court that: [Mr.] Cabrera testified [before the Inter-American Court] on facts that clearly implicated specific State agents in human rights violations. However, the suspect State agents have neither been brought to trial nor are they in custody and, although summoned by the Court, did not appear. The freedom with which they are able to operate is a threat to the safety of the above-named witness. [Mr.] Cabrera lives in Guatemala and returned to his home there immediately upon conclusion of the hearings at the Court. [Mr.] Cabrera has asked the Commission to petition the Court to protect his life and integrity. 3. The June 30, 1998 Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the President"), wherein he decided: 1. To request the State of Guatemala to adopt forthwith such measures as are necessary to protect the integrity of Mr. Santiago Cabrera-López, so that the Court might examine the pertinence of the provisional measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 2. To request the State of Guatemala to submit a report by July 17, 1998, on the measures taken pursuant to the President’s Order and its view on the measures requested by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights so that information might be brought to the Court’s attention. 3. To request the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to present its observations on the initial report submitted by the Guatemalan State within one month from the date on which the report is transmitted to it. 4. To submit to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, for consideration at its fourty-first regular session, the petition from the Inter-American Commission on Human