48 over their weapons. At the beginning of December 2004, about 1,400 members of the “Catatumbo” Front were demobilized and, including this figure, at the end of 2005, approximately 7,000 members of different AUC groups had laid down their weapons.56 125(22) On June 22, 2005, the Congress of the Republic of Colombia adopted Act No. 975, called the “Justice and Peace Act,” “with provisions for the reincorporation of members of illegal organized armed groups, who make an effective contribution to achieving national peace, and other provisions concerning humanitarian agreements.” It was ratified and published on July 25, 2005.57 125(23) It is considered that the paramilitary groups are responsible for numerous murders committed for political motives in Colombia and for a significant percentage of the general human rights violations.58 125(24) As of 1997, numerous cases of links between paramilitary groups and members of law enforcement bodies in relation to facts similar to those that occurred in the instant case have been documented in Colombia, as well as acts of omission by members of law enforcement bodies in relation to the actions of these groups. According to the 1997 report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, acts committed by the paramilitary groups constituted most of the human rights violations reported in the country in 1997, and included massacres, forced disappearances and the taking of hostages.59 56 Cf. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia of February 17, 2004, E/CN.4/2004/13, para. 13; Alto Comisionado para la Paz en Colombia, Diálogos y Negociación, Grupos de Autodefensa, en http://www.altocomisionadoparalapaz.gov.co/g_autodefensa/dialogos.htm; Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the demobilization process in Colombia of December 13, 2004, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.120 Doc. 60, paras. 56, 75 and 94, and Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2005/10, February 28, 2005, Introduction 57 Cf. Act 975 issued on July 25, 2005, “with provisions for the reincorporation of members of illegal organized armed groups, who make an effective contribution to achieving national peace and other provisions concerning humanitarian agreements.” 58 Cf. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2005/10, February 28, 2005, para. 8, and Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2001/15, March 20, 2001, paras. 29 and 30. 59 Cf. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2001/15, March 20, 2001, paras. 131, 134 and 254; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2005/10, February 28, 2005, paras. 9, 45, 61, 73, 84, 87, 112 to 116; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2004/13, February 17, 2004, paras. 22, 24, 26, 59, 65 and 73; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2003/13, February 24, 2003, paras. 34, 74 and 77; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2002/17, February 28, 2002, paras. 202, 211, 356 and 365; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2000/11, March 9, 2000, paras. 25 and 111; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/1998, March 9, 1998/16, paras. 21 and 29; and Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/1998/16, March 9, 1998, paras. 27, 28, 29, 34, 42, 46 and 88.