7 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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