7 2. Disciplinary Proceedings for the Physical Attacks against Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo in Caquetá in 1996 37. The petitioners point out that in accordance with the information they received, two disciplinary investigations had been opened in 1996 for the physical attacks suffered by the alleged victim in 1996. On the one hand, proceedings were started against General Néstor Ramírez by the Procurator General of the Nation's Office. This was archived. The petitioners allege that they are unaware of the reason for the archiving. 38. As regards the proceedings against the members of No.36 Battalion, the petitioners pointed out that they received information according to which at least two non-commissioned officers had been disciplined by the Armed Forces, although it is not known whether these punishments were upheld at second instance. The petitioners stress that non-commissioned officer William Moreno Pérez had been disciplined for having ordered the confiscation of Mr. Vélez Restrepo's video camera on August 29, 1996, and for the insults committed against him, in fulfillment of said order. In addition, the petitioners allege that non-commissioned officer José Fernando Echevarria Calle was disciplined "for the events that occurred in Morelia (Caquetá) and for the excessive use of Public Force". The petitioners point out that the two soldiers appealed the above decisions and the results of these proceedings are not known. 3. Disciplinary Proceedings before the Procurator General of the Nation for the threats and acts of harassment and intimidation against Mr. Luis Gonzalo Vélez Restrepo and his family 39. The petitioners point out that in accordance with a report of July 1998 of the National Department for Special Investigations (Human Rights Unit) of the Procurator General of the Nation's Office, non-commissioned officers Echevarría Calle and Moreno Pérez were also involved in the threats and acts of harassment and intimidation against Mr. Vélez Restrepo and his family. The petitioners stress that only one investigation was initiated with the Second District Attorney General against Non-commissioned officer Echevarría Calle, whose case file had been archived, without any further procedural steps being undertaken. The petitioners submit that in March 2001, an investigation was launched in the Inspectorate of the Procurator General of the Nation's Office with respect to the complaints of threats, acts of harassment and intimidation which involved members of the Procurator's Office, which was also archived in 2002. 40. In this sense, the petitioners point out that in none of the disciplinary proceedings have they been told of any final decision, and that if they have obtained any information, it is offthe-record or was finally obtained in 2006, after the State's response when multiple requests were lodged by the petitioners' lawyer in Colombia. 41. The petitioners also stress that in accordance with what the IACHR has held in other cases, disciplinary proceedings cannot in themselves constitute an adequate or effective remedy to safeguard the human rights violated in the present case. 4. Proceedings for a Preliminary Administrative Settlement 42. In 1998, the petitioners presented a request for a preliminary administrative settlement before the Contentious Administrative Court of Cundinamarca for the personal injuries against Luis Gonzalo Restrepo and for the harassment of him and his family. On November 9, 1998, the State offered approximately 1,200.00 US dollars as compensation for the 1996 attack and for the subsequent harassment suffered by the journalist and his family. The petitioners did not agree to this in any way due to the fact that the State did not assume responsibility for the events and that the sum of money offered was considered insufficient by the petitioners, given the