6 investigations implemented with the purpose of identifying and prosecuting those who made them” and has focused its investigation on the threats against Ms. Rocío Campos; on the other hand it mentioned that the State has failed to inform about the investigation of the murder of Ms. Elizabeth Cañas, and affirmed that this death is related to the “threats made against Rocío Campos.” It finally concluded that, despite the seriousness of the events and “the imminent risk to the members of ASFADDES, no serious or effective investigations have been made;” The Commission requested the Court to have the State: 1. Inform in detail […] about the arrangements made to carry forward the penal investigations and disciplinary measures concerning the instances of harassment denounced during application of the Measures, and the progress made. 2. Inform in detail on the implementation and status of the proposals made to carry forward the penal investigations towards the search for Ángel Quintero and Claudia Monsalve. In particular, the delivery to the prosecutorial department of Barrancabermeja and to the Prosecutor, of knowledge about the disappearance; adequate and sufficient human, technical, logistical, [and] financial resources to ensure an effective investigation, including the consideration of transferring it to the National Human Rights Unit of the prosecutorial department. 3. Take steps for the issue of the disappearance of Ángel Quintero and Claudia Monsalve and the events at Barrancabermeja to be included into the matters under consideration by the Special Committee created by the Office of the Vice President of the Republic. CONSIDERING: 1. That Colombia is a State Party to the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter the “American Convention”), whose Article 1(1) establishes the obligation that the State Parties have to respect the rights and freedoms recognized in that covenant, and to ensure the free and full exercise thereof to all persons subject to their jurisdiction, and that, on June 21, 1985, said State recognized the jurisdiction of this Court in conformity with Article 62 of the Convention. 2. That Article 63(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights establishes that “In cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court” may, at the request of the Commission, adopt “such provisional measures as it deems pertinent in matters” not yet submitted to its knowledge. 3. That in relationship to this subject matter Article 25(1) of the Rules of Procedure establishes that “At any stage of the proceedings involving cases of extreme gravity and urgency, and when necessary to avoid irreparable damage to persons, the Court may, at the request of a party or on its own motion, order such provisional measures as it deems pertinent, pursuant to Article 63(2) of the Convention. 4. That, as established by the President of the Court in Considering N° 8 of the Order of October 11, 2000, two members of the ASFADDES branch office of Medellín, Mr. Ángel Quintero, and Ms. Claudia Patricia Monsalve, have disappeared, and other members of said organization have been the target of numerous threats, which constitutes a specific and clear indication of the danger in which the members of that organization are, particularly those mentioned in the following paragraph.

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