A/HRC/7/39 page 5 recognized that Colombia has made progress in restoring security throughout the country in recent years,3 and the visibility given to human rights in the public agenda is a solid achievement. 5. During 2007, the most relevant political and security-related events with an impact on the human rights situation were: (a) the judicial proceedings against demobilized paramilitary leaders under Law 975/2005, known as the “Justice and Peace Law”;4 (b) judicial investigations into the activities of a number of high-level public servants for their alleged links with paramilitary groups;5 (c) the emergence or consolidation of a range of new illegal armed groups following the paramilitary demobilization process, some of them having strong links with organized crime and drug-trafficking; and (d) the holding of regional and local elections. 6. The security forces continued to implement “el plan de guerra” (war plan) against illegal armed groups, in particular against the guerrillas, through the “Plan Consolidación”, which replaced the former “Plan Patriota”. The intensity of hostilities frequently had a negative impact on the civilian population, and breaches of international humanitarian law were attributed to all armed actors. Several new illegal armed groups6 emerged, building up strength and engaging in violent acts in certain regions. FARC-EP and ELN persisted in their violent disruptions of public order and continued to infringe international humanitarian law. A number of organizations - including the Organization of American States’ Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OEA) - raised the alert on guerrilla activities in specific areas, formerly under demobilized paramilitary groups’ control.7 According to the security forces, there was an increase in militia-type activities by the guerrillas as they retreated from the regular 3 Relevant official violence-related indicators showed a decrease in the number of massacres and homicides, kidnappings, guerrilla attacks against small villages and military bases, illegal checkpoints and destruction of transmission towers and oil pipelines, among others. As a result, foreign direct investment and tourism also rose during the year. 4 Law 975/2005 of 2005 (“Justice and Peace Law”) regulates the procedures to be followed with demobilized members of illegal armed groups and establishes judicial benefits based on their contribution to justice and reparation. See “Report on the Implementation of the Justice and Peace Law: Initial Stages in the Demobilization of the AUC and First Judicial Proceedings”, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), OAS, Document OAS/Ser.L/V/II.129, Doc. 6, 2 October 2007. 5 See section on “The fight against impunity” (paras. 12-14). 6 See section on “Demobilization processes” (paras. 40-44). 7 See Organization of American States, “Tenth Quarterly Report MAPP/OAS”; document OAS/Ser. G., CP /doc. 4249/07, October 31, 2007, and “Ninth Quarterly Report MAPP/OAS”, document OAS7/Ser. G., CP/doc. 4237/07, 3 July 2007.