5 7. The purpose of urgent and provisional measures, in International Human Rights Law, goes further as, in addition to their essentially preventive nature, they effectively protect fundamental rights, inasmuch as they seek to avoid irreparable damage to persons. 8. It is the responsibility of the State to adopt effective security measures to protect all persons under its jurisdiction, and this duty is even more evident with respect to those involved in proceedings before the protection bodies of the American Convention. 9. The Court has examined the facts and circumstances that gave rise to the October 2, 2003 Order of the President (supra Having Seen 7), which it ratifies because it finds that it is in accordance with the law and the merits in the proceedings. 10. To date, the State has not submitted the urgent report required by the October 2, 2003 Order of the President regarding measures adopted to effectively ensure the lives, the right to humane treatment and freedom of expression of Carlos Colmenares, Noé Pernía and Pedro Nikken. 11. Non-compliance by the State with the duty to report to the Court is especially grave due to the juridical nature of urgent measures and provisional measures, which seek to prevent irreparable damages to persons in situations of extreme gravity and urgency. 12. The provision set forth in Article 63(2) of the Convention makes it binding for the State to adopt the provisional measures ordered by this Court, because according to the basic principle of law regarding the international responsibility of the State, backed by international case law, the States must comply in good faith with their treaty obligations (pacta sunt servanda). 13. The State also has the obligation to investigate the facts that gave rise to the request for provisional measures, with the aim of identifying those responsible and punishing them as appropriate. NOW THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, by virtue of the authority granted to it by Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To ratify in its entirety the October 2, 2003 Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 2. To reiterate the order to the State to adopt, forthwith, such measures as may be necessary to protect the life and the right to humane treatment of Luisiana Ríos, Armando Amaya, Antonio José Monroy, Laura Castellanos and Argenis Uribe.