4 d) include the beneficiaries in the design and implementation of the measures. 7. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the President”) of March 23, 2007, in which he ordered, inter alia, that the State adopt urgent measures to protect the life and personal integrity of Adrián Meléndez Quijano, Marina Elizabeth García de Meléndez, Andrea Elizabeth Meléndez García, Estefani Mercedes Meléndez García, Pamela Michelle Meléndez García, 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. 8. The State’s communication of April 13, 2007, in which it reported on the implementation of the urgent measures ordered by the President, and indicated that it had communicated with the representatives of the Meléndez Quijano family in order to agree upon the implementation of the mentioned measure. The State scheduled a meeting with the family and their representatives for April 10, 2007. Said meeting took place on April 13, 2007 with authorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affaires, the Executive Technical Unit of the Justice Sector, the National Civil Police, representatives of IDHUCA, Major Adrián Meléndez Quijano, Eurípides Meléndez Quijano and Gloria Tránsito Quijano viuda de Meléndez. In the meeting it was agreed that that protection would be provided by the Victims and Witnesses Division of the National Civil Police. The parties scheduled a meeting between the Division and Major Adrián Meléndez Quijano, attorney Eurípides Manuel Meléndez Quijano, and representatives of IDHUCA for April 16, 2007 in order to determine how to implement the urgent measures. 9. The communication of the representatives of the beneficiaries of said measures (hereinafter “the representatives”) of April 25, 2007, received in the Secretariat of the Court, in which they presented their observations with regard to the State’s report, and indicated, inter alia, that: a) on April 13, 2007, Sandra Ivette Meléndez Quijano was subjected to monitoring and followed by a vehicle when she was returning to her home in the city of San Miguel. The act was perpetrated by two unknown individuals in a four wheel drive vehicle. The Victims and Witnesses Division of the National Civil Police was informed of the event in a meeting with the family members and IDHUCA on April 20, 2007; b) on April 13, 2007, a meeting was held in the Chancellor’s office among officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Victims and Witnesses Division of the National Civil Police, the program for the Protection of Victims and Witnesses of the Executive Unit of the Justice Sector, as well as Major Meléndez Quijano, his mother, his brother, and representatives of IDHUCA. In this meeting the need to create a workgroup composed of representatives of all the institutions involved was emphasized. This workgroup would analyze the risk to the beneficiaries and the measures to be implemented. Meetings have been held on April 16, 17, 20, and 23 of 2007. The Meléndez Quijano family has requested that the Victims and Witnesses Division of the National Civil Police allow them to participate in the selection of escorts, and that they be allowed to access the risk report prepared by the Division; c) on April 18 and 23 of 2007 Marina Elizabeth García de Meléndez was subjected to monitoring and followed by unknown individuals as she left her workplace. The event was reported to the Victims and Witnesses Division of the National Civil Police;

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