6. The State indicated that the “Afro-Colombian communities [… enjoy] special protection,” and this obliges the State to respect their “autonomy, integrity, dignity and culture,” as established in the Constitution and in ILO Convention 169. In particular, the State emphasized Law 1448 of June 10, 2011, which established “measures of attention, assistance and integral reparation for the victims of the internal armed conflict,” and its Decree-Law 4635 of 2011, which established the “assistance, attention, integral reparation, and restitution of lands to the victims belonging to the Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizal and Palenquero communities.” In addition, it reiterated that the Government agencies responsible for guaranteeing security and implementing the measures of protection in favor of the beneficiaries are the 17th Brigade of the National Army and the Urabá Police Department, which have jurisdiction in the area and provide perimeter security to the communities. It also stressed the work of the Protection Program headed by the former “Ministry of the Interior and Justice,” and the Risks and Risk Assessment Committee (CRER) that, pursuant to Decree 1740 of 2010 was the entity responsible for recommending the measures of protection that it considered pertinent in each case, and their duration. However, following Decree 4912 of 2011, it was the Committee for the Assessment of Risk and Recommendation of Measures (CERREM) of the National Protection Unit, attached to the Ministry of the Interior, 4 that was in charge of evaluating and implementing the measures in favor of the beneficiaries. Among other agencies and programs that had been assigned to implement the measures of protection, the State emphasized the Protection Unit created by Decree 4065 of 2011, as well as the Presidential Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Program. 7. Furthermore, the State advised that, in February and October 2011, the former CRER met and formulated individual measures of protection in favor of several beneficiaries of the provisional measures, including: Manuel Denis Blandón, Uriel Tuberquia and Luis Alberto Rentería. In addition, it underlined that other measures of an individual nature had been implemented in favor of Ligia María Chaverra, Enrique Petro Hernández, and other beneficiaries from the communities of the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó 5 who live in the humanitarian and biodiversity zones that are the object of these provisional measures. The State indicated that the measures implemented in favor of the beneficiaries 6 include support for transportation, mobile and satellite telephones, national airfares, motorcycles, outboard motor boats, bulletproof vests, and a collective protection plan. These measures have been 4 The State indicated that, currently, the entity responsible for the “formulation, adoption, leadership, coordination and execution of public policy, plans, programs and projects in the area of human rights” is the Ministry of the Interior, under the powers granted by Decree 2893 (2011). 5 Luis Manuel Barba, Benjamín Sierra, Efrén Romaña Cuesta, Manuel Esteban Tapias, Adriana María Tuberquia Tuberquia, Franklin Yáñez Licona, Nevis Antonio Yáñez Ortiz, Pedro Cortes Fabra, Sergio Emerito Díaz Gonzalez, Sofanor Enrique Garavito Mercado, Liria Rosa García Giraldo, Luis Ovidio Rentería Robledo, Alfonso Salla Lara, Rafael Enrique Truaquero Tuiran, Argemiro Bailarin Bailarin, Robinson Blandón Córdoba, Emilio Cabezas Correa, Andrés Carmona Luna, Eladio Cordero Hernández, Regulo Córdoba Panneso, Segundo Cuadrado Ávila, Luis Cuñapa, Javier Antonio Delgado, Jesús María Denis Rentería, Luis Vicencio Díaz, Miguel Díaz Acosta, Guillermo Díaz Tapias, Eduardo Enrique Galván García, Meraldo López, Zenaida Edith Martínez Martínez, Belisario José Marzan Montaño, Gonzalo Mena Murillo, Pedro Negrete Pérez, Hernando Olier Pautt, Overto Osorio Beltrán, Miguel Enrique Páez Petro, Raúl Palacio Salas, Pedro Pablo Palacios Cuesta, Emilson Palacios Moreno, Luis Abraham Peñalosa Mosquera, Jorge Andrés Quinto Córdoba, Eduardo Rentería Mena, Heber Alberto Rentería Mosquera, Hernando Rentería Mosquera, Emir Eliecer Romaña Palomeque, Jaime Romaña Salinas, Luis Julio Sepúlveda, Euclides de Jesús Trejos, Ariel Urango Correa, Dawinson Valoyes Moreno, Germán Marmolejo, Robinson Robledo Córdoba, Adam Quinto, Jaime Beitar, Danilo Murillo Córdoba, Omar Gamel Rentería, Inelsa Baldón, Alberto Vitalino Mosquera Zuñiga, Yasser Hold Mosquera Rentería, Eleume Narciso Ramos Ramos, José de las Mercedes Gonzales Bolaños, Victor Pitalua Urango, Mario Manuel Castaño Bravo, Luis Fernando Murillo Areiza, Fredy Benitez Pestaña, Freddy Manchego Urango, José Miguel Padilla Salgado and Emilio Enrique Cabezas Martínez. 6 According to the State, the National Protection Unit has implemented individual measures in favor of 73 beneficiaries of the Jiguamiandó and Curvaradó river basins. 5