Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 8, 2004 Provisional Measures regarding Guatemala Matter of Carpio-Nicolle et al. HAVING SEEN: 1. The June 4, 1995 Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the President of the Court”) requesting, inter alia, the following: 1. […] that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt without delay all necessary measures to effectively ensure the protection of the lives and personal integrity of the following persons: MARTA ELENA ARRIVILLAGA DE CARPIO, KAREN FISCHER DE CARPIO, MARIO LOPEZ ARRIVILLAGA, ANGEL ISIDRO GIRON GIRON and ABRAHAM MENDEZ GARCIA, and […] investigate the threats and harassment of the persons named and to punish those responsible. 2. […] that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala adopt all necessary measures so that witnesses in the Carpio Case [might] testify, and so that the prosecutor in the case, Abraham Méndez García, [might] fulfill his duties without pressure or reprisals. 3. […] that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala inform the military authorities of the Military Zone to which the Civil Defense Committees of San Pedro Jocopilas answer, to instruct these Committees to refrain from taking any actions that would put the lives or personal integrity of the individuals named at risk. 4. […] that the Government of the Republic of Guatemala submit a report to the President of the Court every 30 days from the date of this Order, on the measures taken pursuant to this Order, so as to bring the information to the attention of the Court. 2. The July 26, 1995 Order of the President wherein he requested that the State, inter alia, expand the urgent measures set forth in the President’s Order of June 4, 1995, to include Mrs. Lorraine Marie Fischer Pivaral, and that it investigate and punish those responsible for the events denounced by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”). 3. The September 19, 1995 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court) wherein it confirmed and adopted as its own the urgent measures taken by the President in the Orders of June 4 and July 26, 1995. 4. The February 1, 1996 Order of the Court wherein it decided to extend the provisional measures ordered in the Court’s September 19, 1995 Order. 5. The September 10, 1996 Order of the Court where, inter alia, it confirmed the provisional measures adopted in the Court’s Order of September 19, 1995, and then extended in its Order of February 1, 1996.