has taken note of the communications referencing threats against Mr. Danilo
Rueda and [...] has proposed a meeting with the beneficiary organization [...]
for [...]May 2, 201[4], in order to find a joint solution to the situation and to
agree upon matters relating to the implementation of the measures to
individually protect said beneficiary.” Thus, the risk faced by members of the
Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission “will have been dealt with[...] in the
request for precautionary measures[...]".
b) according to information from the National Protection Unit, among the collective
measures provided "per the request of [the Inter-Church Justice and Peace
Commission], there are currently eight (8) [protection...]schemes.” “Specifically,
regarding Mr. Danilo Rueda’s situation, the National Protection Unit said that it
has met on several occasions and that one of these schemes can be used by Mr.
Danilo Rueda when he travels to the city of Neiva.” Moreover, the National Unit
has moved forward “in order to assess Mr. Rueda’s risk, in order to take
action[...].” On the other hand, the State reported that the National Police “is
implementing preventive security measures consisting of rounds and reviews by
police at the headquarters of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission,
located in the city of Bogota.” It also noted that “the members of the Human
Rights Office of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá carry out activities to verify
compliance with the security measures given and carried out by the stations.”
Given the alleged threats against Mr. Danilo Rueda in the city of Neiva, the
National Police said that “[a] telephone number was provided to the [CIJP] from
the Human Rights Office in order to assess and come to an agreement with Mr.
Danilo Rueda about preventive security measures [sic], but that as of [March 13,
2014] it has not been able to make contact with the beneficiary [...].” Regarding
the alleged attack with pellets at Mr. Rueda’s home on April 24, 2014, the State
reported that these facts were made known to the National Police "in order for it
to move forward with the actions that so correspond to it”;
c) the State had initiated investigations in the context of the precautionary
measures in favor of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission and
implemented strategies for it. Moreover, the Attorney General's Office of the
Nation took action to follow up on these measures. However, the State recalled
that the assessment of the effectiveness of the investigations and the mentioned
procedures requires a possible review of the merits of the case;
d) the State had adopted measures “to guarantee that human rights defenders may
carry out activities in Colombia,” and
e) given the aforementioned, “it consider[ed] that the requirements needed for the
Court to order the State of Colombia to adopt the provisional measures in this
matter have not been met” and requested that the Commission’s request be
dismissed.
8.
The Order of the Acting president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
on this matter (hereinafter the Order of the Acting president”) of May 2, 2014, wherein
it decided to:
1.
Require the State to adopt, immediately and in an individualized manner, the
measures that are necessary and effective to guarantee the life and personal integrity of
Mr. Danilo Rueda and, in turn, render an assessment of his particular risk so that the
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