50 found his decapitated body at the police post. Sinaí Blanco’s body was removed from Mapiripán by Nory Giraldo, for burial in San Martín.57 96.56 At the time of the instant Judgment, more than eight years have passed since the facts and the remains of other victims have not been found or identified. Internal displacement in Colombia and its consequences in the case of Mapiripán 96.57 The problem of forced internal displacement in Colombia, the current dynamics of which began in the 1980s, affects large population groups and has progressively worsened. Government sources recorded 985,212 displaced persons between 1995 and 2002. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, while there has been a reduction in the number of new cases of displacement, in 2004 the total number of displaced persons increased with regard to previous years. The Red de Solidaridad Social records approximately 1.5 million displaced persons,58 while other government sources estimate 2.5 to 3 million displaced individuals.59 96.58 It has been established that the humanitarian crisis caused by the phenomenon of internal displacement is of such magnitude that it involves a “massive, protracted, and systematic violation” of various basic rights of this group (infra paras. 174 and 177)60. 96.59 The reasons for and expressions of the acute vulnerability of displaced persons have been characterized from various perspectives. Said vulnerability is reinforced by its rural provenance and grave psychological repercussions have been established in those affected by displacement. This problem especially affects women, who are primarily the heads of households and constitute more than half the displaced population. Generally speaking, women, children and youths are the 57 See autopsy reports of José Rolan Valencia and an unidentified person (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 32, page 416) (file with appendixes to the brief containing pleadings and motions, appendix 47, pages 3862 and 3863); statement rendered as testimony before a notary public (affidavit) by Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo on February 4, 2005 (file with statements rendered before or authenticated by a notary public, page 4540), and testimony of Luz Mery Pinzón rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 7, 2005. 58 See Unified record of the displaced population [Registro Único de Población Desplazada], accrued number of individuals included due to displacement up to August 31, 2005 (http://www.red.gov.co/Programas/Apoyo_Integral_Desplazados/Registro_SUR/ Registro_SUR_Agos_31_2005/Registro_SUR_Sept_10_web_Acumulado.htm). 59 See judgment T-025/04 of January 22, 2004, issued by the Third Appellate Chamber of the Constitutional Court (file with appendixes to the final pleadings submitted by the representatives, volume I, page 5153); 2002 Annual Report on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law and Avances Periodo Presidencial 2003, issued by the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Colombia, page 81; Report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Colombia, E/CN.4/2005/10, February 28, 2005, para. 14; data from the Humanitarian Assistance Chamber of the United Nations, statistics of the Red de Solidaridad Social, and data supplied by the presidential advisor for Social Action, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, ttp://eltiempo.terra.com.co/hist_imp/HISTORICO_IMPRESO/poli_hist/2005-05-19/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_ INTERIOR_HIST-2073692.html. 60 See judgment T-025/04 of January 22, 2004, issued by the Third Appellate Chamber of the Constitutional Court (file with appendixes to the final pleadings submitted by the representatives, volume I, pages 5140, 5153, 5154, 5189, 5192, 5193 and 5195).