ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF OCTOBER 11, 2000 EXPANSION OF THE PROVISIONAL MEASURES REQUESTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE STATE OF COLOMBIA ÁLVAREZ ET AL. CASE CONSIDERING: 1. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the President”) on July 22, 1997 in its resolutions decided to: 1. Require the State of Colombia to adopt, forthwith, any measures as may be necessary to protect the life and personal integrity of Jose Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores Ascanio, Gladys Lopez, Yanette Bautista, Maria Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martin, Maria Eugenia Lopez, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacon, Jose Publio Bautista, Nelly Maria Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacon, Jose Ascanio to avoid irreparable harm in order to closely comply with the obligation of respect and guarantee of human rights assumed according to Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. 2. Require the State of Colombia, as soon as Erik Antonio Arellano Bautista goes back to his home country, to adopt any measures as may be necessary to protect his life and personal integrity in order to avoid irreparable harm. 3. Require the State of Colombia to investigate the denounced facts and punish the liable parties, particularly regarding the attack on June 24, 1997 in the Association branch in the city of Medellin. 4. Require the State of Colombia to adopt, forthwith, any measures as may be necessary to ensure that the branches Asociacion de Familiares de DetenidosDesaparecidos de Colombia (Association of Relatives of Missing Detainees of Colombia) perform its responsibilities without endangering the life and personal integrity of its employees, especially those from the branches in the cities of Medellin and Ocaña. 5. Require the State of Colombia to submit a report on measures adopted 15 days after this order is notified and require the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights to submit its remarks to said report one month after receiving the document. 6. Require the State of Colombia, as of the first report submission date, to continue submitting reports on provisional measures adopted every two months and require the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights to submit remarks to said reports 45 after receiving them. 7. Submit this order for the consideration of the Court relevant purposes and to summon the parties, if suitable, for Court seat so that the Court can be listen to the points of circumstances prompting a request for provisional measures and in the next session to a public hearing at the view on the facts and this order. 2. The Order of the President on August 14, 1997 to extend “pressing measures adopted in this case to ensure the right to life and personal integrity of Javier Álvarez.”