CASE N° CO/09 - HERNAN MOTTA MOTTA - COLOMBIA

Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary Council
at its 165th session (Berlin, 16 October 1999)

The Inter-Parliamentary Council,

Referring to the outline of the case of Senator Hernán Motta Motta, of Colombia, as contained in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/165/12(b)­R.1), and to the relevant resolution adopted at its 164th session (April 1999),

Noting that Mr. Motta, who was forced into exile in 1997, wishes the Inter-Parliamentary Union to continue examining his case,

Noting also the lack of any new information regarding the investigations into the death threats which forced Mr. Motta into exile,

1. Requests the Secretary General again to contact Mr. Motta and the competent Colombian authorities with a view to ascertaining whether any progress has been made in the relevant investigations which, according to the information on file, were instituted in October 1995 and are being conducted by the Terrorism Unit of the Regional Directorate of Public Prosecutions in Bogotá;
2. Decides that, failing any substantial information in this respect by the time of its next session, it would feel impelled to close the file and conclude that the Colombian State is indeed guilty of a violation of Mr. Motta's right to security, having failed to take appropriate measures to protect him;
3. Requests the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians to continue examining this case and report to it at its next session (April-May 2000).

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