Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of November 21, 2007 Provisional Measures regarding Guatemala Matter of the Forensic Anthropology Foundation HAVING SEEN: 1. The Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court” or “the Inter-American Court”) of July 4, 2006, ordering the adoption of provisional measures in favor of the members of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (hereinafter “FAFG”) and others, including Fernando Arturo López Antillón. 2. The communication of August 2, 2007, in which Fernando Arturo López Antillón asked the Inter-American Court to lift the provisional measures ordered in his favor, as part of the FAFG team, because he had not worked with this organization since July 2007. 3. The note of August 10, 2007, in which the Secretariat of the Inter-American Court asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Commission” or “the Inter-American Commission”) to submit any observations it deemed pertinent on the request to rescind the provisional measures presented by Fernando Arturo López Antillón. 4. The communication of August 14, 2007, in which the Commission indicated that it had no observations to make on the request to rescind the provisional measures in favor of Fernando Arturo López Antillón based on the fact that he had ceased to work with FAFG. 5. The Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of August 21, 2007, in which he decided, in consultation with the judges of the Court, to lift the provisional measures referred to by Fernando Arturo López Antillón. CONSIDERING: 1. That Guatemala has been a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter “the Convention”) since May 25, 1978, and accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court on March 9, 1987. 2. That Article 63(2) of the Convention establishes that “in cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons,” at the request of the Commission, the Court may adopt such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, in matters that are not yet submitted to its consideration.