13 national and international norms in the matter of Human Rights and Humanitarian International Law; c) that a number of measures has been adopted as to programs of protection and cooperation to protect different members of the population, for which they aim at guaranteeing their right to integrity, life, to exercise their profession and civic activity within the parameters ordered by the Constitution and the Law; d) a new Military Criminal Code was created within the national legislation, Law No. 522; Law No. 554 on discharging minors from service in the military forces of Colombia, and thus, to comply with the Convention on Children’s Rights; Law No. 589 on forced disappearance, genocide and moving; the new Criminal Code and the passing of the Ottawa Convention on anti-personal mines; e) multiple specific actions have been promoted through the Vicepresidency of the Republic for the Community of San José de Apartadó, such as: installation of light reflectors in the Community of San José and in La Unión, supply of communication radios and improvement of roads, which have been all promoted with the Municipality, the City Hall and the Red of Solidaridad Social. This type of actions confirms the commitment by the State with the Community of San José de Apartadó. Colombia has full capacity to contribute and attain said measures directly and to move on in this dialogue with the Community; f) the Ministry of the Interior has followed up the Community of Paz since it was created. It has coordinated actions with local authorities, especially with the City Hall. It has provided humanitarian assistance to those who have moved, in coordination to the municipality and the governorship, and also technical assistance for the population. The position of the Community of Paz has been respected and they have worked with the public force to make the security provided to this Community be perimetric, without prejudice of the former entering the community in case it would be necessary. Both the Ministry of the Interior and the Office of Human Resources consider that the security of the Community of San José de Apartadó must be agreed on. In this sense, petitions have been responded through the Red de Solidaridad Social. Likewise, the Ministry has disposed a sum of thirthy five million pesos in order to present the Community a project to be evaluated and studied to create workshops of distension between the authorities and the Community for restoring the confidence between the Community and the authorities. The policy of finishing with any commitment or bond that may exist between the members of the public force and the autodefensas may be added to the above; the idea of creating these workshops of training as an alternative solution of conflicts and reviewing the work done in the Community in the matter of justice, respecting self-control mechanisms. It is also sought to design an early alarm system that must be agreed upon by the Community and the public force to be effective. g) a committee formed by representatives of the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, the Office the General Prosecutor and the Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, visited the local authorities of San José de Apartadó with the purpose of promoting

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