moreover, regarding the electronic publication, it notes that it was not possible to
locate it on the web page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs".
17.
Considering that the State published the pertinent parts of the Judgment in the
Official Gazette No. 47.931 of December 22, 2010, page 67; in the ‘El Espectador’
national newspaper, on November 28, 2010 and that it published the entire judgment
on the web page of the Presidential Program on Human Rights on July 16, 2010; and
on the web page of the Ministry of National Defense on July 21, 2010; and given that
the representatives expressed their satisfaction about this, the Court concludes that
Colombia has fully complied with operative paragraph ten of the Judgment, with the
understanding that it will guarantee the adequate publication of the Judgment on the
Internet sites.
C)
On the duty to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of
the next-of-kin of Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas and to prevent them from
having to move or leave the country again as a result of threats, or acts of
harassment or persecution against them (operative paragraph nine of the
Judgment).
18.
The State expressed that it agrees with providing the necessary protective
measures to guarantee the safety of the next-of-kin of Senator Cepeda Vargas.
Moreover, “regarding the situation of Mr. Ivan Cepeda Castro and Claudia Girón […] it
indicated that it [was] providing the necessary protective measures to guarantee their
lives and personal integrity within the framework of the precautionary measures
requested by the Commission”.
19.
In this respect, the representatives informed that “during the last year, Ivan
Cepeda has been receiving threats” and they considered that the information
contained in the last report was insufficient in order to verify that the actions taken by
the State are adequate to guarantee the safety of the next-of-kin. They indicated that
“on February 5, 2011, a threat, issued by the paramilitary groups called “Rastrojos
Urbanos – Comandos Urbanos and “Aguilas Negras—Bloque capital D.C., was sent to
the electronic mails of […] human rights defenders’ organizations […] including that of
Ivan Cepeda”. The representatives alleged that the perpetrators of the threats had
previously issued seven threatening 'messages', and that the "authorities had not
done a diligent work to individualize and identify the electronic accounts from which
they were sent and their perpetrators”; moreover, they indicated that “such lack of
investigation results has been acknowledged at different spheres of the National
Government, without adopting remedial measures in that respect. Based on the
foregoing, they requested the Court to order the State to report on the actions taken
to investigate, within a reasonable time, the threats against the next-of-kin of the
Senator.
20.
In its observations, the Commission indicated that it does not have updated
information regarding the protection provided to Mr. Cepeda Castro, and to Claudia
Girón and that, from the information furnished by the State, it does not spring that it
is affording protection to all the next-of-kin of Senator Cepeda Vargas; therefore, it
requested the Court to order the State to present detailed information in that respect.
21.
Based on the above, this Tribunal urges the State to continue adopting the
necessary security measures to guarantee the safety of the next-of-kin of Senator
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