10 iv. violations of the right to life have been reduced, but during the period covered by the provisional measures, the State has not implemented structural changes that tend to prevent new situations of risk; v. the State must implement public, holistic and adequate policies that guarantee the respect, recognition, strengthening and protection of the Kankuamo indigenous community’s autonomy, own governance, cultural integrity and identity and its special relationship to its territory as fundamental elements of a dignified life at both the material and spiritual level; vi. before the adoption of provisional measures, the State had been absent in the Kankuamo territory for a period of more than ten years. Since the adoption of provisional measures, State presence has increased through programs of social development, such as health care, child welfare, economic production, education, and road construction, among other projects; vii. the representatives believe that the State would not adopt the same actions, nor would it have had the will to undertake the same actions, without the enforcement of provisional measures, and viii. the risk factors that prompted the provisional measures not only persist, they also could tend to aggravate if effective measures and a holistic policy for protection of the Kankuamo are not undertaken. b) regarding the investigations concerning the events that motivated the adoption of the present provisional measures and with an aim to identify those responsible and, when appropriate, to impose the corresponding sanction, that: i. the State has failed to carry out disciplinary investigations against civilian and military authorities who, during many years, were aware of the risks to the Kankuamo indigenous community and failed to adopt effective measures of protection; ii. it was not until January 26, 2007, that a colonel who was being investigated for serious human rights violations against the Kankuamo was suspended; iii. at present, there is no investigation, prosecution or sanction for the crimes committed against the Kankaumo; of the 228 murders, only one person has been condemned. Not one member of the Pubic Force has been condemned or disciplinarily sanctioned. Further, no investigation has been carried out in connection to the omissions by the civilian authority that permitted the commission of these crimes, and iv. more than 90 percent of the investigations, 111 in total, have been filed away or suspended. c) regarding the obligation 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, that:

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