A/HRC/10/82 Page 4 6. With regard to the situation of armed illegal groups, the representative stated that currently these groups have no support and are not representative in Colombia, with even less options to overtake power, resulting in paramilitary groups accepting a collective demobilization and 17,000 people belonging to other illegal armed groups having demobilized in an individual manner. He noted that the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) enjoyed a well-deserved repudiation: two days earlier, they had assassinated two members of a medical mission and wounded another 7 public servers in the Department of Caquetá. This is the latest of hundreds of violent events, such as an explosive artefact detonated in Ituango, Antioquia, causing 7 deaths and 51 wounded in a popular celebration, and the death of several community leaders in Arauca accused of supporting the illegal armed group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). He highlighted the kidnapping of hundreds of Colombians, 28 of which are rotting in the jungle since their abduction between 6 and 10 years ago, condemned to survive in subhuman conditions. 7. Colombia noted the enormous resources produced by the annual traffic of 500 tons of cocaine that feeds all illegal armed groups. The desire for money leads to the massive destruction of rainforest and to aggression against vulnerable groups as well as the rest of society. The aforementioned reasons motivate the State’s demand for international shared responsibility in the fight against illicit drugs. In Colombia, drug trafficking fuels the worst human rights violators. 8. With regard to questions relating to the efficiency of the judicial system and the fight against impunity, Colombia said it had a rich mix of constitutional rights, legislation developments, case law and measures against specific problems to enforce the rule of law. All citizens have legal resources to protect their individual or collective rights and to fight any acts from any authority. The Colombian Constitutional Court is acknowledged as one of the most active courts in the world in developing jurisprudence for human rights protection. In the field of legislation, Colombia highlighted the recent establishment of an oral and accusatory criminal procedure system, which clears the courts of justice and establishes guarantees and the development of the hearing of control of legality within a maximum term of 36 hours; the amendment of the Military Criminal Justice to limit its jurisdiction to offences relating to the service; and a law developed in 2005 against human trafficking and laws enacted in 2007 and 2008 on violence within the family, sexual abuse and violence against women. 9. The policy strengthening the judicial system has been one of the priorities of the State, having created the conditions that provide guarantees for independent actions from judicial operators; increased the budget of the justice sector by 86 per cent between 2002 and 2007; created 2,166 new jobs in the General Prosecutor’s Office since January 2008 and agreed upon and begun implementing a new policy to increase efficiency in cases that involve violations of human rights. Colombia has also created several units of prosecutors for cases of special concern, such as aggressions against trade unionists. In 2000 and 2001, only two sentences were issued. Since 2002, 153 sentences have been issued, and 233 people have been sentenced for violent acts against trade unionists. In addition, Colombian justice has developed a formidable response regarding homicide allegations against members of the public force, as there are currently 716 investigations against 1,000 members of the armed forces, 138 of whom are officers; 46 have been sentenced and 232 have been accused or are being tried. To date, 285 cases have been sent from the military justice to the civil justice. 10. Answering questions about victims, demobilization and the Justice and Peace Law, the delegation said that Colombia has undertaken partial peace processes and very successful individual demobilization programmes. It said that the Justice and Peace Law acknowledged the