ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF MAY 28, 2010 REQUEST FOR PROVISIONAL MEASURES BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS REGARDING THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOUR NGÖBE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBERS HAVING SEEN: 1. The brief of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) of January 19, 2010, whereby it submitted to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) a request for provisional measures, in conformity with Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention” or “the American Convention”) and Article 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court (hereinafter “the Rules of Procedure”), whereby it “request[ed] t[he Court to] require [the] State of Panama [to] adopt forthwith all measures necessary to: 1. [p]rotect the life and humane treatment of the members of the Ngöbe indigenous communities: Charco [L]a Pava, Valle del Rey, Guay[a]bal and Changuinola Arriba[;] 2. [s]uspend the construction works and other activities related to the concession granted to AES-Changuinola along the Changuinola River in the province of Bocas del Toro, until the organs of the Inter-American System of Human Rights reach a final decision on the matter raised in this case […;] 3. [a]bstain from restricting in an allegedly illegal manner the right to freedom of movement of the members of the Ngöbe indigenous communities: Charco [L]a Pava, Valle del Rey, Guay[a]bal and Changuinola Arriba[, and] 4. [p]rotect the special relationship of the Ngöbe indigenous communities: Charco la Pava, Valle del Rey, Guay[a]bal and Changuinola Arriba with their ancestral territory, especially protect the use and enjoyment of collective property and the existing natural resources, and adopt measures intended to avoid immediate and irreparable damages resulting from the activities of third parties entering the community’s territory or exploiting the existing natural resources, until the organs of the Inter-American System of Human Rights have adopted a final decision on this matter.