Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of September 4, 2004 Provisional Measures regarding Venezuela Matter of “Globovisión” Television Station HAVING SEEN: 1. The July 16, 2004 brief and its attachments, in which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) filed before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”) a request for provisional measures, pursuant to Articles 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”), 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”) and 74 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, “for their urgent adoption,” to ensure that the State of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) (hereinafter “the State” or “Venezuela”) “protect[s] the lives, safety, and freedom of expression of the journalists, management, and other employees of [Venezuelan television station] Globovisión [(hereinafter “Globovisión”)] who are at the facilities [of said] social communications broadcaster [...] or who are associated with the journalistic operation of said broadcaster”. The Commission also asked the Court to order the State to take such steps as may be necessary to protect the perimeter of the head office of Globovisión channel. 2. The grounds stated by the Commission in its request for provisional measures (supra Having Seen 1), summarized as follows: a) on January 20, 2002 Mayela León Rodríguez, Jorge Manuel Paz and María Fernanda Flores, employees of Globovisión, and other employees of Radio Caracas Televisión (hereinafter “RCTV”), were attacked by a group of approximately 50 persons while they were covering transmission of the “Aló Presidente” program; b) on January 30, 2002 the Commission adopted precautionary measures in favor of the aforementioned employees of Globovisión and other employees of RCTV. In said measures, the Commission asked the State to abstain from “all [...] intimidating actions regarding the practice of their profession by the journalists and other employees of the [aforementioned] braodcaster;” c) during 2002 the Commission asked the State to adopt precautionary measures and extended them in 2003 and 2004 with the aim of protecting the lives, safety, and freedom of expression of “cameramen, management, photographers, and facilities of the media attacked”, including Globovisión; d) on July 9, 2002 a low-power device exploded in Globovisión’s facilities in la Florida, to the northeast of Caracas;