10 every human being not to be deprived of his life arbitrarily, but also the right that he will not be prevented from having access to the conditions that guarantee a dignified existence. States have the obligation to guarantee the creation of the conditions required in order that violations of this basic right do not occur and, in particular, the duty to prevent its agents from violating it.6 20. The Court’s adoption of provisional measures for Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio and Mrs. Karen Fischer, Messrs. Jorge and Rodrigo Carpio Arrivillaga, Abraham Méndez García, the latter’s wife and children, and young Rodrigo and Daniela Carpio Fischer, should these last two return to the country, does not imply a decision on the merits and reparations in the case of Carpio Nicolle et al. vs. Guatemala that the Inter-American Court is now hearing. By adopting provisional measures, this Court is merely ensuring that the Court is able to faithfully exercise its Convention mandate in cases of extreme gravity and urgency that require measures of protection to avoid irreparable harm to persons. NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 25 of the Court’s Rules of Procedure DECIDES: 1. To confirm, in all its parts, its Order of September 5, 2001, adopted on behalf of Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio and Mrs. Karen Fischer. 2. To call upon the State to maintain the provisional measures necessary to protect the life and the integrity of the person of Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio. 3. To call upon the State, in its next report (infra operative paragraph 9), to submit detailed information on the reasons why it suspended the security detail assigned to Mrs. Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio’s place of work and whether this security is currently being provided to her. 4. To call upon the State to maintain the measures necessary to protect the life and the integrity of person of Mrs. Karen Fischer, while providing the personnel charged with her security with the same working conditions accorded to any Guatemalan State security agent. 5. To call upon the State to investigate the recent events involved in the threats allegedly made against Mrs. Karen Fischer, including the alleged attempt on her life and on her security detail on June 19, 2004 (supra ‘Having Seen’ 15, 16 and 29), in order to identify those responsible and punish them in accordance with the law. 6 Cf., inter alia, Matter of Puebla indígena Sarayaku. Provisional Measures. Order of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights of July 6, 2004, ‘Considering’ eleven; Matter of Puebla indígena Kankuamo. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of July 5, 2004, ‘Considering’ eleven; and Case of Myrna Mack-Chang. Judgment of November 25, 2003. Series C No. 101, par. 152.