transportation; (2) mobile telephones; (3) national airfares; (4) satellite telephones; (5)
outboard motor boats; (6) horses; (7) motorcycles; (8) relocation support; (9) bulletproof
vests, and (10) individual escort plans. The State indicated that these measures had been
“agreed upon with each of the beneficiaries in the communities, based on a differentiated
approach and the geographical location of the area.” The State also referred to the
measures of security provided in the area by the 17th Brigade of the National Army and the
National Police.
E.1.5. Measures of protection, both individual and collective, ordered by the
Constitutional Court of Colombia, the beneficiaries they cover, and the mechanism
to monitor compliance with these measures
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Regarding the orders issued by the Constitutional Court of Colombia, the State
reported that:
1)
By the Decision of May 18, 2010, it ordered: (a) the adoption of a specific
collective and individual prevention and protection plan for the Afro-descendant
population and communities of the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó river basins, “which
takes into account the evolution and recent worsening of the situation of public order
and of the vulnerability of these communities,” and that, “on a permanent basis,
specific measures be included to prevent displacement and to ensure security and the
collective and individual protection of the rights to life, personal integrity, freedom of
movement and residence, and other fundamental rights of the members of the Afrodescendant communities of the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó river basins,” and (b) that
the necessary measures of protection be provided to the members and leaders of the
said communities, particularly, Enrique Petro and María Ligia Chaverra, “informing the
Ombudsman’s Office of the measures adopted so that an objective evaluation can be
made of the suitability of these measures, as part of the prevention of crimes against
those who are protected”;
2)
By Decision 045/12, it ordered: (a) that an urgent provisional plan be drawn up
for the prevention of displacement and for individual and collective protection for the
communities of the Jiguamiandó and of the Curvaradó, “that provides an immediate
and comprehensive response to the most urgent needs for individual and collective
safety, that offers a continuing, permanent and congruent response to the difficulties
they face, and that permits holding the General Assembly of the Community Councils
of the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó river basins,” and (b) that the Ministry of Defense
adopt effective, permanent and sufficient measures to ensure the individual and
collective safety of the inhabitants of the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó river basins,
“taking into account the assessment made in the draft prevention and protection plan
presented by the Ministry of the Interior, as well as the risk reports and early warnings
declared by the Ombudsman’s Office”;
3)
By Decision 112 of May 18, 2012, the Constitutional Court ordered the
presentation of a detailed joint report on “the measures of attention and protection
adopted to date, in relation to the family of Manuel and Samir Ruiz, and of the other
49 persons displaced owing to their murder […],” and
4)
Decision 299 of December 18, 2012, “is another example of the commitment of
the Government agencies to respond insofar as possible and as amply as possible to
all the social problems of the community, including those that exceed the sphere of
the protection of life and personal integrity […].”
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