78 causes for internal displacement some of the same causes that have affected the women human rights defenders involved in the instant matter — such as threats, acts of violence, and abuse by armed factions in order to control territories and dominate the population that resides therein; military operations; and arbitrary detentions.366 The Constitutional Court of Colombia itself has held under Decision 092-08 that there are eighteen gender-related facets of forced displacement that have a differentiated impact on women, including those who belong to social and community organizations, and their leadership roles and human rights promotion work in areas affected by armed conflict, emphasizing authorities’ duty of prevention. 2. Application of these international principles to the facts in the present case 273. The Commission finds that the circumstances that led Ms. Rúa, Bastidas, Mosquera, and Naranjo to leave Comuna 13, and to settle in other areas of the country, does conform to the concept of an internally displaced person advanced by the international principles described. 274. The facts of the case bear out that Ms. Rúa was forced to travel from Comuna 13 on June 26, 2002 when she learned during that same month that her name appeared on a list of individuals that the paramilitary forces intended to murder.367 Ms. Rúa left her neighborhood together with her 3year-old, 10-year-old and 12-year-old daughters, and her permanent companion, without any of her possessions; and these facts were certified by SIMPAD on July 10, 2002.368 The SIMAPD also certified that her displacement was the product of armed confrontations between paramilitary and militia groups in the Comuna 13.369 Ten years after these events, Mrs. Rua is living in a rented house in the municipality of Envigado, Antioquia, with her companion and her three daughters, and has not been able to return to Comuna 13.370 She has ceased her activities as a leader due to the fear of being accused and persecuted.371 275. Ms. Ospina and her next of kin had to travel on their own in similar circumstances in November 2002.372 It was brought to her attention by a fellow member of the AMI and the head of the education center of Comuna 13 that her name appeared on a list of individuals that the paramilitary forces were looking for, and she feared for her safety because of the detention for the alleged crime of 366 IACHR, Violence and Discrimination against Women in the Armed Conflict in Colombia, OEA/Ser.L/V/II. Doc. 67, October 18, 2006, par. 72. 367 Annex 3. Statement from Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, April 27, 2012; Original petition received in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa – Comuna 13 – October 27, 2004, pg. 2, par. 3. 368 Annex 4. File Number 289, Secretariat of the Environment (SIMPAD), July 10, 2002; Annex 3. Statement from Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, April 27, 2012. 369 Annex 4. File Number 289, Secretariat of the Environment (SIMPAD), July 10, 2002; Photographs of the destruction and ruins of the home of Mrs. Rua. Annexes 2 and 5, Observations of the petitioners in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al – Comuna 13 dated November 25, 2011. 370 Observations of the petitioners in reference to the matter of Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa et al – Case 12.595, dated May 3, 2012, pg. 3. 371 Annex 3. Statement from Miryam Eugenia Rúa Figueroa received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, April 27, 2012. 372 Annex 15. Statement from Luz Dary Ospina Bastidas received by GIDH addressed to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, April 27, 2012.

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