A/HRC/10/29 describing these structures as gangs did not reflect the complexity, variety, plurality and risks of the phenomenon. It said there were at least 76 paramilitary groups with some 9,000 active members. Extraditions of 17 paramilitary leaders for drug trafficking were frustrating for victims. It welcomed the Government’s commitment to generating policies to avoid impunity of crimes against humanity but was concerned that the Government continued to deny that the demobilization process had allowed a de facto amnesty for most paramilitaries, including those who might have taken part in such crimes. Of the more than 30,000 paramilitaries demobilized, only one had been convicted the day before the meeting. At May 2008, only 245 had agreed to submit to the legal process according to the justice and peace law. It noted that Colombia, in its comments, avoided recommendations relating to the grave attacks against the Supreme Court of Justice, including from the President of the Republic, in the context of investigations of Government and Congress members for supposed links with paramilitaries. It stated that the Government must stop persecuting judiciary members and must provide them with protection. 656. SOS Kinderdorf International, also on behalf of World Vision International, Plan International and the International Save the Children Alliance, welcomed Colombia’s acceptance of many child right recommendations. Noting recommendation 65, it added that limited State presence in rural areas minimized the identification and reporting of child sexual and physical abuse, leading many cases to go unrecorded and unpunished. On recommendation 22, it called for increased efforts to ensure effective data collection and adequate reporting, policing and juridical measures for such offences. It called for continued action on recommendation 19, requesting measures on demobilization through to reintegration of child soldiers, and measures to address underlying exclusion, which made rural, indigenous and other minority children vulnerable to recruitment. Welcoming the Government’s commitments to the Millennium Development Goals on the health and education of children and acceptance of the recommendations on education, it called for measures to ensure access to health care and education in rural areas. On recommendation 62, it further recommended that birth registration fees be waived, that it be made possible to register children in areas other than those of their birth, and that communities be educated on the importance of birth registration. It requested clarification on the rejection of the recommendation in paragraph 37 (c) of the report, referring to the soldiers for a day programme and to the Committee on the Rights of the Child recommendations calling for an end to children’s participation in military training activities. Considering the complementary relationship between the universal periodic review and treaty bodies, it questioned this rejection. (d) Concluding remarks of the State under review 657. With regard to the situation of trade unionists, Colombia explained that a special unit had been established and resulted in 184 trials where those responsible for the murder of unionists were convicted. While only 1 conviction had been reached in 2007, in 2008 this number had increased to 76, and there have already been 14 convictions to date in 2009. It noted that 216 cases of murder of trade unionists had been revealed in the justice and peace process. Some of these had occurred in 2009, such as the murder of the President of the fishermen’s union, and three perpetrators had been arrested, including the mastermind. 658. The delegation stated that the Government had acknowledged the discussion on the law on victims. It pointed out that a programme for compensation through administrative means had been established by the Government at a cost of approximately $7 billion. About 180,000 people had made claims under the law, and progress had been made in strengthening the protection programme. A decision by the Supreme Court had impeded the executive from handing out partial charges through the justice and peace process, but once GE.09-17451 195