ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF AUGUST 29, 1998 PROVISIONAL MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MATTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA ÁLVAREZ ET AL. CASE HAVING SEEN: 1. The July 22, 1997 Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the President") wherein he decided in the operative paragraph: 1. To request the Republic of Colombia, in strict compliance with the obligation to respect and guarantee human rights which it undertook in accordance with Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, to adopt forthwith such measures as are necessary to protect the life and integrity of José Daniel Álvarez, Nidia Linores-Ascanio, Gladys López, Yanette Bautista, María Helena Saldarriaga, Piedad Martín, María Eugenia López, Adriana Diosa, Astrid Manrique, Faride Ascanio, Carmen Barrera, Evidalia Chacón, José Publio Bautista, Nelly María Ascanio, Ayda Mile Ascanio and Miriam Rosas Ascanio, in order to prevent irreparable damage to them. 2. To request that the Republic of Colombia, as soon as Mr. Erik Antonio ArellanoBautista returns to its territory, adopt such measures as are necessary to protect his life and physical integrity in order to prevent irreparable damage to him. 3. To request that the Republic of Colombia investigate the facts denounced and punish those responsible for them, particularly with regard to the attack of June 24, 1997, on the Association’s [Association of Relatives of Detainees-Disappeared Persons of Colombia] offices in the city of Medellín. 4. To request that the Republic of Colombia adopt forthwith such measures as are necessary to ensure that all offices of the Association of Relatives of DetaineesDisappeared Persons of Colombia may discharge its functions without danger to the lives or physical integrity of the persons working there, especially the Association’s offices in the cities of Medellín and Ocaña. 2. The August 14, 1997 Order of the President, wherein he expanded "the urgent measures adopted in this case for the purpose of guaranteeing the right to life and physical integrity of Mr. Javier Álvarez." 3. The November 11, 1997 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter "the Court" or "the Inter-American Court"), wherein it ratified the July 22 and August 14, 1997 orders of the President and decided to keep the measures adopted in place for a six-month period. 4. The December 22, 1997 Order of the President, ratified by the Court on January 21, 1998, whereby he expanded "the urgent measures adopted in this case for the purpose of guaranteeing the right to life and physical integrity of Ms. María Eugenia Cárdenas and her next of kin. " 5. The May 12, 1998 Order of the President, wherein he decided to extend the measures adopted until June 19, 1998.