A/HRC/7/39 page 20 63. Renewed impetus must be given to the tasks recommended to the Procurator General and the Ministry of Defence to guarantee that military and police intelligence files do not include human rights defenders and organizations without justification. Legislation has yet to be introduced which will regulate the handling of this kind of information in accordance with international standards. 5. Trade unionists 64. Official figures from the Ministry of Social Protection record 26 murders of union leaders or members, 18 of whom were teachers. The trade unions record a total figure of 34. The difference between these numbers, and the consideration of accumulated figures over longer periods,46 has generated an intense debate on the risks faced by union activists in Colombia. 65. A number of murders and death threats against trade unionists denounced to the office in Colombia in 2007 were attributed to members of the FARC-EP, to new illegal armed groups, or to unidentified persons. 66. In 2006 the Attorney-General created a special unit to investigate these incidents; to date the unit has received a total of 1,231 cases. The unit has 13 prosecutors, a group of investigators and 24 lawyers. At the time of writing, there were convictions in 82 of those cases, 36 of which were issued in 2007. There was a conviction in only one of the 21 investigations into the murders of unionists initiated in 2007. The judiciary’s administrative authority, the Superior Council of the Judicature, appointed three specialized judges (known as “Decongestion Judges”) who have been working on 24 cases in recent months, of which seven have been decided.47 67. The State has paid attention to the problems of union members, especially in allocating a significant amount of resources to provide protection to union members. Nevertheless, the poor results of the judicial system reveal an urgent need for more decisive actions that will secure fundamental rights and the practical exercise of the right to freedom of association. 6. Journalists 68. Journalism in Colombia is vigorous, and it expresses a variety of ideological perspectives. Nevertheless, in 2007 the Foundation for Freedom of the Press (FLIP, or Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa) recorded 1 murder, 92 death threats, 2 kidnappings and 7 exiles. The office in Colombia received information regarding journalists who had been intimidated or otherwise threatened while covering the public hearings of demobilized paramilitary leaders in Medellín, Barranquilla and Bogotá. 46 According to the International Confederation of Unionists, in 2006 there were 78 unionists murdered in Colombia. See Annual Report 2007. 47 ILO, Special Services and Decongestion Center, Judiciary Branch.