E/CN.4/1998/38 page 18 responsibility for 15 of 24 collective executions of marginalized people was attributed to them. Two and a half per cent of the cases were attributed to guerrillas and 1.3 per cent to members of the public security forces. Sixty per cent of these executions occurred in the country's six main cities (Medellín, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cartagena, Cali and Cúcuta). Observations 82. The Special Rapporteur appreciates the Government’s detailed response by way of follow-up to the joint report of the Special Rapporteurs. He hopes that the Constitutional Court’s ruling that crimes against humanity could not be service related and thus were amenable to civil and not military jurisdiction would result in the transfer to the civilian justice system of all cases of torture presently before the military justice system. He also notes that the Human Rights Committee has deplored “the fact that gross and massive human rights violations continue to occur in Colombia... [in particular] torture and other degrading treatment” (A/52/40, para. 278). While information has started reaching him from the Bogotá office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur believes that over the coming period, it will be desirable to review procedures for the exchange of information. He believes the work of this office could be enhanced by working in cooperation with a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Colombia. Cuba 83. The Special Rapporteur transmitted three new cases to the Government. In addition, he again transmitted those already sent in 1995 and 1996, on which no reply had yet been received. Observations 84. In the light of the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture, as well as the information referred to in the addendum to the present report(E/CN.4/1998/38/Add.1, paras. 82-84), the Special Rapporteur can only reaffirm his observations of last year (E/CN.4/1997/7, para. 68). Cyprus 85. The Special Rapporteur sent one new case to which the Government replied. The Government also replied to one case transmitted in 1996. Democratic Republic of the Congo 86. The Special Rapporteur addressed two urgent appeals to the Government in conjunction with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One was on behalf of three persons, the other on behalf of ten persons. Djibouti 87. The Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government an urgent appeal on behalf of five persons.