11 damage to persons in situations of extreme gravity and urgency.8 That the obligation to report to the Court on the implementation of measures is twofold, which, for effective compliance, requires the formal submission of a document within the specified time limit and with specific, updated, detailed and factual information on the issues to which this obligation refers.9 17. That the Court emphasizes the importance of the submission of comments by the Commission and the representatives of the beneficiaries on the information provided by the State. The Court considers it necessary to point out that the Commission’s comments are essential to evaluate the implementation, on the part of the State, of the provisional measures ordered by the Court, considering the severity of the situation and dangerous conditions facing the beneficiaries as well as the fact that the Inter-American Commission, as an organ of the inter-American system, must provide for the protection of human rights. 18. That the State has informed the Court, inter alia, of the adoption of several measures in furtherance of its obligations, such as the implementation by the Ministry of Defense and the armed forces of a security plan to protect the Communities of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó. It also indicated that the Red de Solidaridad Social (Social Solidarity Network) had carried out several activities in relation to the Communities, such as delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance in cases of displacement; supply of food; support for the scheduled return of displaced families to the Communities; and formulation of production projects through a community-universitybusiness-state alliance. The State specified that there are 28 cases at “the preliminary stage or evidence gathering stage”, 2 cases at “the pre-trial investigation stage” and 3 cases at the “preliminary complaint investigation stage.” In addition, it stated that several proceedings were conducted in the course of the investigation into the death of Pedro Murillo and the child Ricardo Guaraona, pending in the military criminal justice system. Finally, the State informed the Court that the Colombian Public Prosecutor’s Office opened criminal investigations into the alleged Trespass to Areas of Special Ecological Significance by the company “URAPALMA”; 19. That the representatives informed the Court, inter alia, of the alleged forced disappearance and subsequent death of Mr. Orlando Valencia on October 18, 2005, in respect of which they pointed out that “the complicity of Bajirá police, whether by act or omission, in this forced disappearance [was] evident [, and that] both police and […] paramilitary forces were involved in the kidnapping operation.” They also referred to the death of Mr. Alfonso Ibáñez, resident of the Humanitarian Areas of "Nueva Esperanza", on January 24, 2006, who was allegedly killed by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). Moreover, they stated that the actions taken by the army and police forces were inefficient insofar as the members of the Communities continued to be the target of 8 Cf., inter alia, Matter of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó, supra note 1, Considering clause No. 12; Matter of the Communities of Jiguamiandó and Curbaradó, supra note 1, Considering clause No. 11; and Case of Bámaca-Velásquez. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of March 11, 2005, Considering clause No. 15. 9 Cf., inter alia, Matter of Luisiana Ríos et al (Radio Caracas Televisión – RCTV), supra note 2, Considering clause No. 17; Matter of Luis Uzcátegui. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 2, 2003, Considering clause No. 12, and Matter of Marta Colomina and Liliana Velásquez. Provisional Measures. Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of December 2, 2003, Considering clause No. 14.

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