15 Prevalence of the principle of respect for the dignity of the human person becomes identified with the very purpose of the Law, of the legal order, both domestic and international. (...)" (paras. 16-17). 43. In the instant case of the Mapiripán Massacre, the Inter-American Court, as it has done before, has taken general international Law into account and, as it could not be otherwise, also the general principles of Law, in the process of applying the American Convention. Also, as it has likewise done other times, it has recognized the convergence between the provisions of the Convention, as the applicable law in the cas d'espèce, and International Humanitarian Law (para. 153 [cf.]). Said convergence also encompasses International Refugee Law. The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement adopted in 1998 by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights do in fact explicitly recognize said convergence between International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Refugee Law.25 44. In the course of 2004, the preparatory process as a whole (meetings in San Jose, Costa Rica, Brasilia, and Cartagena de Indias), organized by UNHCR, in fact led to adoption of the Declaration and Plan of Action of Mexico to Strengthen International Protection of Refugees in Latin America, in November 2004, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees. One of the key points in this Declaration addressed the problem of the victims of the current internal displacement in Colombia, in the midst of a genuine spirit of Latin American solidarity. This was, precisely, an occasion to assert the convergence (at the normative, hermeneutic, and operational levels) between International Human Rights Law, International Refugee Law, and International Humanitarian Law. 26 45. The instant case of the Mapiripán Massacre reveals the sad destiny of the victims, including –beyond those established in the instant Judgment- those who are forgotten in view of the indifference of the brutalized world of our times. On the other hand, there is a sepulchral silence of the innocent (whether in Colombia, Iraq, the United States, Afghanistan, Spain or the United Kingdom, among so many other countries) who are the victims of the various expressions of terror (all of which set aside the basic principles of humanity, of distinction, of proportionality, which are principles of International Humanitarian Law). 46. One does not combat terror with terror, but rather within the framework of the Law. Those who resort to the use of brute force brutalize themselves, creating a spiral of widespread violence that ends up turning the innocent, including children, into victims. May the case of the Mapiripán Massacre be a warning for the irresponsible harbingers of the socalled “war on terror” who set aside the Law and the United Nations Charter. 47. Brute force generates brute force, and at the end, what do we have? Nothing, general devastation, the breakdown of the social fabric, vengeance, torture, and summary . See U.N./Commission on Human Rights, document E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, of 11.02.1998, pp. 1-12, esp. pp. 2-5. 25 . See A.A. Cançado Trindade, "Aproximaciones y Convergencias Revisitadas: Diez Años de Interacción entre el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos, el Derecho Internacional de los Refugiados, y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario (De Cartagena/1984 a San José/1994 y México/2004", in Memoria del Vigésimo Aniversario de la Declaración de Cartagena sobre los Refugiados (1984-2004), México/San Jose, Costa Rica, UNHCR, 2005, pp. 139-191. 26