ORDER OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF JANUARY 30, 2007 PROVISIONAL MEASURES WITH REGARD TO THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA MATTER OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF KANKUAMO HAVING SEEN: 1. The July 5, 2004 Order of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Inter-American Court” or “the Court”) in which it resolved, inter alia: 1. To require the State to adopt, without delay, measures necessary to protect the life and the personal integrity of all members that compose the indigenous community of Kankuamo. 2. To require the State to investigate the facts that led to the adoption of these provisional measures, with the aim to identify those responsible and to impose the corresponding sanction. 3. To require the State to guarantee security conditions necessary to respect the freedom of movement of persons from the Kankuamo indigenous community and to guarantee the return of its members who have been forced to flee to other regions, should they desire it. 4. To require the State to allow the beneficiaries of these measures to participate the planning and implementation of said measures and, in general, to keep the beneficiaries informed about the progress in the execution of the measures ordered by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. […] 2. The communications submitted by the State of Colombia (hereinafter “the State”) on August 3, 2004, August 18, 2004, November 8, 2004, May 25, 2005, August 12, 2005, and March 28, 2006, in which they informed, inter alia: a) regarding to the adoption of measures necessary to protect the life and the personal integrity of all members that compose the indigenous community of Kankuamo, that: i. the State has increased its presence in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region, which has allowed for both the protection of the communities and the economic infrastructure of the region. Since February 7, 2004, the National Armed Forces [Ejército Nacional] has maintained a permanent