Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 26, 2007 Provisional Measures regarding El Salvador Matter of Adrián Meléndez-Quijano et al. HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the InterAmerican Court” or “the Court”) of May 12, 2007, wherein it ordered, inter alia: 1. To ratify the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of March 23, 2007. 2. To request the State to maintain the measures it has adopted, and to adopt forthwith all necessary measures to protect the life and physical integrity of Adrián Meléndez-Quijano, Marina Elizabeth García de Meléndez, Andrea Elizabeth Meléndez-García, Estefani Mercedes Meléndez-García, Pamela Michelle MeléndezGarcía, Adriana María Meléndez-García, Gloria Tránsito Quijano viuda de Meléndez, Sandra Ivette Meléndez-Quijano, Eurípides Manuel Meléndez-Quijano, Roxana Jacqueline Mejía-Torres, and Manuel Alejandro Meléndez-Mejía. 3. To request the State to adopt forthwith all necessary measures to protect the rights to life and personal integrity of Benjamín Cuellar-Martínez, José Roberto Burgos-Viale, and Henry Paul Fino-Solórzano. 4. To request the State to plan and implement the provisional measures ordered herein with the participation of the beneficiaries thereof or their representatives. […] 2. The communication of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Commission” or “the Commission”) of August 23, 2007, whereby it informed that petition No. P-242-07, regarding this matter, is under consideration for its determination. 3. The communications of the beneficiaries’ representatives (hereinafter “the representatives”) of September 26 and November 22, 2007, wherein they submitted their observations on the reports of the State and pointed out, inter alia, that: a) Adrián Meléndez-Quijano has allegedly been subjected to sanctions and arbitrarily deprived of his liberty by the military authorities and that various administrative and judicial proceedings have been started against him. Furthermore, they pointed out that Mr. Meléndez-Quijano has filed several complaints before said authorities. Therefore, they requested the Court to rule on the provisional suspension of all administrative and judicial proceedings started against Major Meléndez-Quijano, either under the ordinary jurisdiction or the special military courts, “as a parallel consequence of the adoption of provisional measures in his behalf,” as so far “over four summary proceedings,