35
155.
In 1998, Social Action presented a blueprint to improve housing for 418 families. The
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petitioners were responsible for the subsidy and 147 families benefitted from the said project.
156.
In 1998, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner reported that it was no
coincidence that the areas with intense guerilla and paramilitary activity happened to be rich in natural
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resources.
The Office held the view that "no small number of violent events committed by the
paramilitaries are perpetrated with the tolerance or even the complicity of public servants, especially
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members of the military forces and the national police [...]" ]
157.
On January 11, 1999, the Commission confirmed the continuance of the precautionary
measures, in favor of the persons who were in the displaced encampment in the Turbo Stadium and in
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Bocas del Atrato.
158.
In February 1999, a sector of the Cacarica community declared themselves as a Peace
Community called "Community for Self-determination, Life and Dignity" (CAVIDA), with the aim of
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returning to their land in conditions of dignity and security.
159.
On April 26, 1999, the Colombian Institute for Agrarian Reform (INCORA) issued
resolution No. 0841 conveying collective lands to the black communities organized in the Community
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Council of the Cacarica river basin, in terms of "lands of black communities".
160.
On September 2, 1999, the National Directorate for the Environment presented a report
to the Community Council of the River Cacarica, revealing that on the displaced persons' land there were
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lumber works with development encampments.
161.
On December 13, 1999, an "Agreement for return between the Cacarica Basin Displaced
Communities Temporarily Settled in Turbo, Bocas de Atrato and Bahía Cupica and the National
…continuation
Annex 15. IACHR. Third Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Colombia. OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102. Doc. 9 rev. 1, February 26,
1999. Ch. VI, para. 60. At: http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Colom99en/table%20of%20contents.htm.
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Taking place with a contribution of $144,908,450 and the community's contribution corresponding to $355,140,920.
Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009, para. 111.
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Note of the Foreign Ministry, August 27, 2009, para. 111.
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Cf. Annex 13. U.N. ECOSOC. Specific groups and individuals: Mass exoduses and displaced persons. Report of the
Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons submitted in accordance with Commission resolution
1999/47. Add. Profiles in displacement: follow-up mission to Colombia. E/CN.4/2000/83/Add.1, 11 January 2000, para. 23. At:
http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/6d5358107a11e85a802568ac003ea6b6?Opendocument.
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Cf. Annex 14. Report of the UNHCHR of the Colombia Office, to the 54th Period of Sessions of the Commission for
Human
Rights,
E/CN.4/1998/16,
of
March
9,
1998,
para.
90.
At:
http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.1998.16.En?Opendocument.
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Annex 56. IAHCR Annual Report, 1998, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102 Doc. 6 rev. April 16, 1999, Ch. III, para. 22.
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The peace communities were created in order not to participate in a direct or indirect way in the armed conflict, not to
carry firearms, not to lend support of any kind to the participants in the conflict, to issue its own rules and act upon them, to carry the
standards of the community with responsibility, bind themselves to a political and negotiated exit from the armed conflict, strengthen
community work and to defend their national identity and their land. The peace communities request that the participants in the
conflict: respect their living and work areas, respect to free displacement, lifting the restrictive food regime, avoid armed political
proselytism within the community, respect for their views and non-violent action, respect for their rights as citizens and for
international humanitarian law, respect for their principles and their autonomy, to refrain from taking reprisals against the community
by persons who turn to armed groups. Annex 1. Constitutional Court. Judgment T-955/2003 of October 17, 2003, pp. 5, 6 and 42.
Annex 15 to the petitioners’ allegations on the merits received on March 10, 2008.
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Annex 1. Constitutional Court. Judgment T-955/2003 of October 17, 2003, p. 5. Annex 15 to the petitioners’ allegations
on the merits received on March 10, 2008.
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Annex 1. Constitutional Court. Judgment T-955/2003 of October 17, 2003, pp. 38 and 39. Annex 15 to the petitioners’
allegations on the merits received on March 10, 2008.