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restraining order was issued on June 6, 2002, whereby the
proceedings were closed. Later on, the investigation
proceedings were reopened under No. 2141, wherein a
restraining order was also issued, which became final on
January 28, 2005.
vi. regarding the investigation into the murder of Samuel Vacca, a
restraining order was issued on October 28, 2002;
vii. regarding proceedings started under No. 1451 by Islena Rey
against some members of the National Army for the alleged torture
suffered by Guillermo Parra and Efrén Ibáñez and by a minor whose
identity is unknown, a restraining order was issued on May 3, 2005
as a result of the non-appearance of the alleged victims and the
failure to prove the alleged crime;
viii. the proceedings started under No. 21456 regarding the simple
kidnapping of Alberto Barbosa-Torres were discontinued and closed;
ix. the disciplinary investigation started against escort Luis Adolfo
Cárdenas-Barrera, from Meta Department DAS Office, was closed by
virtue of a court order issued on October 29, 2003, on the grounds
that pursuant to the applicable law his acts cannot be classified as
misconduct; and
x. in the investigation proceedings there was no “partie civil” and no
legal remedies were sought regarding the decisions adopted by the
body in charge of the investigation.
c)
Regarding the steps taken with a view to reopening the Comité Cívico
por los Derechos Humanos del Meta (Meta Department Human Rights Civic
Committee), that:
i. in 2002 a number of Security Councils were convened in which
Islena Rey took part in order to consider the possibility of reopening
the Comité Cívico por los Derechos Humanos del Meta (Meta
Department Human Rights Civic Committee); in 2003 it was agreed
that a meeting in loco was to be held in which the main authorities of
Meta Department would take part, as well as the bodies involved in
the implementation and monitoring of the provisional measures; and
in March 2005 a visit to the area was proposed with the purpose of
“carrying out pedagogical activities concerning human rights and
raise public awareness so as to create a favorable environment and
the necessary dynamics prior to setting up its offices,” activities in
which Islena Rey would participate; and
ii. since 2004 twenty municipal Committees on Human Rights and
International Humanitarian Law have been created in Meta
Department, within the framework of the Department Action Plan, in
coordination with the Development Plan known as “Visión Sin
Límites.”
d)
Regarding the participation of the petitioners in the planning and
implementation of the provisional measures, that:
i. meetings have been held with Islena Rey, inter alia, in December
2002; on February 10, 2003; September 23, 2003; and January 27,
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