CASE FILE
JURISDICTION
1410
(investigation
opened June
4, 2001)
Criminal
investigation
–
overseen by the
National Human
Rights Unit of the
Prosecutor
General’s Office
Criminal
investigation
–
overseen by the
National Human
Rights Unit of the
Prosecutor
General’s Office
1178
147301
5767
155-733072002
001-14956
Criminal
investigation
–
overseen
by
Prosecutor
No.
100 of Quibdó
Criminal
investigation
–
overseen by the
Office
of
the
Prosecutor
General of the
Nation
Disciplinary
–
Office
of
the
Attorney General
of the Nation
Disciplinary
–
Office
of
the
Attorney General
of the Nation
INCIDENT COVERED BY THE
PROCEEDINGS
Installation of checkpoint in
Tumarandó and incidents related
to “Operation Genesis”
CURRENT STATUS
(No description
submission)
Prior phase before
the formal opening of
the investigation
in
the
State’s
Investigatory phase
of the investigation
(does not indicate
any
arrests
of
individuals
involved
in the investigation)
Murder of Marino López
Prior phase before
the formal opening of
the investigation
Complaints filed against Rito Alejo
del Río for “supporting... selfdefense groups that committed
crimes in the Urabá Chocoano
between 1996 and 1997”
Investigation
precluded and sent to
archive
Complaints filed against Rito Alejo
del Río for supporting self-defense
groups
Investigation sent to
archive
Complaints filed against Rito Alejo
del Río for ties with self-defense
groups and for the murder of four
members of the community of
San José de Apartadó
Investigation
precluded
31. The State maintains that the judicial authorities “have diligently pursued these proceedings
in spite of the enormous level of difficulty they represent [and] major jurisdictional efforts
have been made as regards the evidence in order to clear up the incidents and punish the
guilty.”18 In light of the complexity of the matter and the procedural steps taken over almost a
decade, the State believes that the exception provided for in Article 46.2.c of the American
Convention, regarding unwarranted delays in the administration of justice, should not be
applied.
32. With regard to the petitioners’ argument regarding application of the exception to the prior
exhaustion of domestic remedies provided for in Article 46.2.a of the American Convention on
the grounds that there was no national law to offer due legal process for protecting their right
to freedom from forced displacement at the time of the incident, the State recognizes that
forced displacement was criminalized in Law 599 of 2000, which came into effect on July 25,
18
Note DDH. GOI/18083/0836 from the Directorate of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at the
Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated April 18, 2006.
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