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Viewing cable 08BOGOTA1571, PRESIDENT URIBE SIGNS ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BOGOTA1571 2008-04-29 16:11 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Bogota
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DE RUEHBO #1571/01 1201611
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 291611Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2538
INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 8172
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 0348
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ APR 9403
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA PRIORITY 6166
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO PRIORITY 6817
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL PRIORITY 4415
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2539
RUEAWJC/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS BOGOTA 001571 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT URIBE SIGNS ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS 
DECREE FOR VICTIMS 
 
REF: A. BOGOTA 955 
     B. BOGOTA 956 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. President Uribe signed a decree April 22 to provide 
administrative reparations to victims of paramilitaries and 
FARC/ELN under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) as well as 
housing benefits to 450,000 displaced families.  To date, 
over 120,000 victims have registered under the JPL; victims 
who have not yet registered will have two years to do so from 
the date of the decree's publication.  The decree bypasses 
the lengthy judicial process under way that requires 
convictions before victims receive compensation.  It also 
sets the amounts to be awarded to victims for different types 
of injuries.  Victims can pursue additional reparations 
through the judicial process, even after receiving 
administrative relief.  Minister of Interior and Justice 
Carlos Holguin emphasized the GOC's recognition of the 
"indispensable" need to provide reparations. The first 
payments will be disbursed before yearend.  END SUMMARY. 
 
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REPARATIONS: INDISPENSABLE FOR PEACE PROCESS 
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2. President Uribe signed a decree on April 22 to provide 
administrative reparations to victims under the Justice and 
Peace Law.  The decree will cover the over 120,000 individual 
victims--almost all of whom are victims of the 
paramilitaries--who have registered to date.  Victims who 
have not yet registered will have two years to do so from the 
date of the decree's publication.  The decree provides five 
types of relief: restitution (property and land), 
rehabilitation, symbolic recognition, indemnization, and 
measures of no repetition. It avoids the lengthy judicial 
process -- currently ongoing under the JPL process -- to 
provide reparations for victims.  The GOC has not costed out 
the financial implications of the program, and the initial 
GOC allocation for reparations is very small. The first 
payments will be made before the end of the year. 
 
3. Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo said the decree is the 
product of months of consultation and discussion among 
various ministries, the security forces, the judicial branch, 
international organizations, and victims groups. He thanked 
the Organization of International Migration (IOM) and USAID 
for their contributions.  The National Commission for 
Reparation and Reconciliation (CNRR) consulted with over 4000 
victims in eleven cities. Interior and Justice (MOIJ) 
Minister Carlos Holguin said the concerted work of the 
Procuraduria, Defensoria, Fiscalia, CNRR and MOIJ on the 
decree showed the GOC's recognition that victims' reparations 
were "indispensable" to the peace process. 
 
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RESTITUTION BASED ON LEVEL OF INJURIES 
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4. The main element of the administrative reparations is a 
cash payment scheme that defines who will receive what amount 
of funds from the state.  Victims (or their beneficiaries) of 
homicide, forced disappearances, kidnapping, and personal and 
psychological injury causing permanent incapacitation will 
receive 40 minimum salaries (approximately $10,000). Victims 
of torture, injury not causing permanent incapacitation, 
rape, and recruitment of minors will receive 30 minimum 
salaries ($7500).  In addition, 450,000 families victimized 
by forced displacement will receive housing benefits (valued 
up to $6750) separately through the state's welfare arm, 
FONVIVIENDA.  Victims can receive up to $11,000 total for 
combined injuries. 
 
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DECREE AS ONE COMPONENT OF GREATER NATIONAL REPARATIONS 
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5. Holguin said the decree does not mean the GOC "takes 
responsibility" for injuries inflicted by illegal armed 
groups.  The perpetrators remain accountable for reparations 
under Law 975.  Still, over 80% of victims cannot identify 
 
their perpetrators.  Because of this, the GOC will provide 
reparations as a gesture of "solidarity with victims."  He 
underscored the decree is only one component of a broader 
national reparations plan.  Victims who receive 
administrative compensation retain the right to seek 
additional relief through the judicial process set up by the 
JPL. 
 
6. Victims can register for administrative reparations at any 
Accion Social office, at local Defensoria and Procuraduria 
offices, and at mayors' and governors' offices.  The GOC 
plans an intensive media campaign to ensure the victims are 
aware of their rights as well as the administrative process 
to receive reparations. From the date of approval of an 
application, payments will be provided to all registered 
victims over the course of ten years starting in the second 
semester of 2008. 
 
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PROTECTION OF VICTIMS REMAINS PRIORITY 
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7. In addition to the reparations decree, Holguin said 
protection for JPL victims would be an ongoing commitment, 
especially in 30 high-risk municipalities.  Thirteen victims 
were murdered last year, and 250 have complained to the 
Fiscalia about receiving threats from illegal armed groups. 
Additional resources for security forces will be an ongoing 
priority.  CNRR is also developing a model for the Integral 
Attention to Victims, focusing on psychosocial and legal 
assistance to victims. 
BROWNFIELD