18 applicable, it must explain the reasons why they were not executed. Also, it must indicate whether the investigation has been referred to the Supreme Court of Justice and the progress made in such investigation and explain on what charge or charges former Lieutenant Luis Enrique Andrade Ortiz is being investigated, taking into account the decision adopted by the Court in its Judgment regarding the violation of the principle of the competent, independent and impartial court [juez natural] which led to an order being passed, in favor of Lieutenant Luis Enrique Andrade Ortiz, to close the case on the homicide charge. * * * To protect the justice administrators, witnesses, victims and next-of-kin 67. With regard to the obligation to guarantee that legal officials, public prosecutors, investigators, and other justice system employees have adequate security and protection, and ensure the effective protection of witnesses, victims, and their next of kin in cases of serious violations of human rights, in particular, with regard to the investigation of the events of the present case (operative paragraph ten of the Judgment). In its report of April 14, 2009, the State communicated that, by means of an agreement entered into with the European Commission “it is conducting a proceeding to define a strategy and a structure to provide protection services” and that, as part of this proceeding, the State prepared a report on how the current protection programs are carried out, which contains recommendations that are being analyzed. On that occasion, it also requested the Court, “taking into account the fact that the State already has protection systems for victims, witnesses and justice administrators, to assess the different actions being taken to strengthen the existing protection programs and, to that end, declare that Colombia is complying with this reparation measure." Afterwards, it communicated that “a reform of the protection programs in general is currently being implemented in Colombia and while doing so the reparation measure ordered by the Inter-American Court in this case has been taken into consideration.” In its report of March 24, 2010, it argued that, in accordance with the results of a consultancy service, a draft was prepared of a bill that seeks to create a Comité Coordinador del Sistema Nacional de Protección [Coordinating Committee of the National System of Protection] and that the Interior and Justice Ministry shall be the authority in charge of presenting the final document before the Congress of the Republic. The State manifested that the text was brought to the attention of the victims' representatives, "whose observations on general aspects of the text were received." Furthermore, it indicated that “it is within the scope of power of the State to choose the mechanisms to comply with the reparation measure” ordered by the Court and that “in compliance with the [J]udgment, it cannot adopt isolated general policy reform measures for the protection programs and it will periodically forward information on its progress […] to the Court.” 68. In the observations of May 22, 2009, the representatives stated that the State announced the report prepared within the framework of the agreement with the European Commission. In that respect, they expressed their disagreement with the report since it does not take into account other national or international studies on the matter, and furthermore, they consider that it does not analyze the impact that the protection strategies may have on the effectiveness of the investigations, nor does it analyze factors that create risks for legal officials, victims and witnesses. Moreover, they expressed their concern over indications made by State representatives which stated that they consider the current protection programs in Colombia to be sufficient, and that with such programs the State would comply with this measure. The representatives