Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights* of January 29, 2008 Provisional Measures with regard to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Matter of “Globovisión” Television Station Having seen: 1. The Order issued by the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter, “the Court”) on August 3, 2004, whereby, in consultation with the judges of the Court, he decided: 1. To request the State to adopt, forthwith, the measures that [may be] necessary to safeguard and protect the life, personal integrity and freedom of speech of journalists, management and employees of Globovisión, and of any other persons visiting the premises of said media company or who are directly related to the journalistic activities of said company. 2. To request the State to adopt, forthwith, the measures that [may be] necessary to implement a perimetral protection for the offices of the media and social communication company Globovisión. 3. To request the State to investigate the events that prompted the issuance of the […] measures, in order to identify the persons liable and to impose them the corresponding sanctions. 4. To request the State to allow the beneficiaries of such measures to participate in the planning and implementation of said measures and, generally, to keep them informed on the progress of the measures ordered by the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. […] 8. To request the State to inform the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, on a twomonthly basis, on the fulfillment of the measures adopted, and to request the representatives of the beneficiaries of said measures to submit their objections to the two-monthly reports, within a one month period counted as from the date they received said reports, and to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to submit its objections to the reports filed by the State within a term of six weeks, as from receipt thereof. […] 2. The Order of the Court of September 4, 2004, whereby it decided: 1. To fully ratify the Order of the President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of August 3, 2004 […] and, therefore, to request the State to maintain the measures it may have adopted and to adopt forthwith any measures necessary to comply with said Order. 2. To request the State to continue investigating the facts that prompted the adoption of these measures, in order to identify the persons liable and impose them the corresponding sanctions. 3. To require the State to allow the representatives of the beneficiaries of said measures to participate in the planning and implementation of the measures and, generally, to keep them * Judge Diego García-Sayán informed the Court that he would be unable to be present at the deliberations and sign this Order.