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Viewing cable 07BOGOTA6932, COLOMBIA'S NEW VICTIMS' PROTECTION PROGRAM UNDER

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BOGOTA6932 2007-09-24 18:53 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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DE RUEHBO #6932/01 2671853
ZNR UUUUU ZZH (CCY AD0FC7E3 MSI1989-695)
P 241853Z SEP 07 ZDS
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9084
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 9332
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ SEP 8925
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA PRIORITY 0652
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO PRIORITY 6019
UNCLAS BOGOTA 006932 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
C O R R E C T E D COPY TEXT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB PGOV PREL CO
SUBJECT: COLOMBIA'S NEW VICTIMS' PROTECTION PROGRAM UNDER 
JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW 
 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1.  The Ministry of Interior and Justice (MIJ) issued a 
decree on September 18 creating an integrated program to 
protect almost 70,000 victims who have denounced paramilitary 
crimes or sought redress under the Justice and Peace Law 
(JPL).  The decree assigns the national police (CNP) the task 
of working with victims groups in high-risk municipalities, 
instructs the MIJ to extend its current protection program to 
leaders of victims' groups who face medium or high risk 
threats, and orders the Prosecutor Generals's Office 
(Fiscalia) to expand its witness protection program to 
victims who are at risk because of their involvement in the 
JPL process.  Still, the GOC must issue implementing 
regulations before the new scheme becomes fully operational. 
End Summary 
 
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NEW VICTIMS' PROTECTION PROGRAM CREATED 
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2.  Decree 3570, issued by the MIJ on September 18, 2007, 
creates an expanded program to protect almost 70,000 victims 
who have come forward as part of the Justice and Peace Law 
(JPL) to denounce paramilitary crimes or seek redress. 
President Uribe instructed the MIJ to work with the CNP and 
the Fiscalia to design a new, unified protection scheme after 
the January murder of victims' advocate Yolanda Izquierdo 
revealed serious gaps in the GOC's existing protection 
programs.  Under the decree, each agency will receive 
additional funding to reflect its expanded work load.  Still, 
the GOC must issue implementing regulations before the new 
scheme becomes fully operational. 
 
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THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO PROTECTION 
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3.  Presidential Human Rights Director Carlos Franco provided 
us the text of the protection decree, which envisions a 
three-part scheme including: 1) CNP to set up dedicated 
police units, with additional resources, in 30 high-risk 
municipalities to provide collective protection to victims 
and to build relations with victims' groups; 2) MIJ to extend 
its existing protection program for journalists, human rights 
activist, and labor leaders to include leaders of victims' 
groups who face medium or high risk threats; 3) the 
Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) to extend its witness 
protection and relocation program to include victims who do 
not fall within the MIJ's categories but face medium or high 
individual risks due to their participation in the JPL 
process.   Franco said the GOC will allocate an additional $3 
million in 2007 to help the CNP and the Fiscalia cover the 
cost of these new duties. The budget of the MIJ program will 
be increased from 77 billion pesos (approximately $38 
million) to 82 billion pesos (or approximately $41 million) 
in 2008. 
 
4.  MIJ Protection Program Director Rafael Bustamante said 
under the proposed protection scheme, MIJ will provide 
immediate, individualized protection measures to 250 victims 
determined to be at greatest risk.  Such measures may include 
armored cars, bodyguards, home security, and surveillance 
systems, depending on the level of risk identified by 
investigators from the national intelligence service (DAS). 
He confirmed the collective security measures provided by the 
police will focus on the broader population of victims 
involved in the Justice and Peace process.  An inter-agency 
subcommittee for the protection of victims and witnesses will 
convene every two months to identify the 30 municipalities in 
which victims are at greatest risk.  The Interagency 
Committee for Justice and Peace will approve those 
municipalities, and the police will focus their protection 
efforts in those areas. 
 
5.  Bustamante said a key goal of the new protection scheme 
is to strengthen dialogue between victims' groups, local 
authorities, and the police.  Increasing confidence in first 
responders through training for both the local police and the 
victims will enable local authorities to better protect 
victims.  Police designated to the protection program will 
receive training in gender sensitivity and human rights.  The 
GOC believes that if victims feel comfortable seeking 
protection from local police, they will get assistance sooner 
than by contacting centralized authorities in Bogota. 
 
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CURRENT PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVE 
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6.  The MIJ's current protection program for at-risk groups 
has been largely successful.  Over 6,000 individuals were 
protected by that program in 2006.  None of the 1,500 
unionists enrolled in the program were killed in 2006. 
Bustamante said that in addition to protecting victims' 
leaders, his office plans to expand the program to cover more 
people in each at-risk group as needed.  Still, he cautioned 
that admission to the program would depend on careful 
analysis and DAS risk assessments. 
Brownfield