the General and Air Force Chief of Staff of the War College, [in which] the rights to judicial
guarantees and to judicial protection [are studied].” In addition, the State provided
information on a course offered in the Center for Advanced Studies of the Army and the Air
Force, and in the course of the Joint Chief of Staff of the War College on the analysis of the
case law of the inter-American system for the protection of human rights in relation to
judicial guarantees and judicial protection, the limits to the military criminal jurisdiction, and
the forced disappearance of persons. In this regard, the State indicated that “the Navy
Secretariat (SEMAR) imparted courses on the analysis of the case law of the inter-American
system to the personnel attached to the different naval commands […] on the limits to the
military criminal jurisdiction, and on the rights to judicial guarantees and to judicial
protection.” In addition, it indicated that, by February 27, 2013, 165,903 marines had been
trained, so that “95% of the operational and non-operational personnel have received
training on human rights, and the remaining 5% corresponds to personnel who have
recently been incorporated or who have been appointed to other offices.”
34.
Lastly, the State forwarded information on the approval of the 2008-2012 National
Human Rights Program, in which the President of the Republic ordered the different entities
with competence in this area to “incorporate into their preliminary budgets of expenses,
resources to ensure compliance with the objectives and goals of [the said program] in the
context of the programming of public expenditure and the applicable provisions.”
35.
For their part, the representatives stated, in relation to the training of agents of the
Public Prosecution Service of the Prosecutor General’s Office, that the courses mentioned by
the State had been imparted without consulting the victims or their representatives. In
addition, they indicated that the State had not sent them any information about the
implementation of other training courses on scientific and specialized investigation
techniques for cases of forced disappearance, or information that revealed the State’s
intention to implement permanent training programs. Nevertheless, the representatives
acknowledged the implementation of training sessions on human rights for officials of the
Federation’s Judiciary. However, they indicated that these sessions related to human rights
in general or specific topics that had little or no relationship to the limits to the military
jurisdiction or to the forced disappearance of persons. Lastly, regarding the training for
officials of the Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) and the Navy Secretariat (SEMAR), the
representatives acknowledged that these were imparted “structurally and permanently” in
these institutions; however, they indicated that it would be desirable to have information on
the specific content. In this regard, they considered that “while the Mexican State does not
establish these training sessions on disappearances permanently, and using intensive
programs outlined by the [Inter-American] Court, it cannot be considered that this
operative paragraph of the Judgment has been fulfilled […].”
36.
The Commission assessed positively the courses and workshops on human rights
imparted in the different State agencies, especially programs focused on “the limits of the
military criminal jurisdiction, […] judicial guarantees and judicial protection, and the proper
investigation and prosecution of the forced disappearance of persons.” However, it indicated
that some of them were not adapted to the topics ordered by the Court in its Judgment. In
addition, it indicated that these programs are not offered permanently, so that the
obligation on this aspect has not been met. Consequently, the Commission asked the Court
to require “the State to provide a detailed plan that describes the way in which [this type of
program] has been incorporated, or will be incorporated” permanently into training for State
agents, and with the topics established by the Court.
Enfermeras, Escuela Militar de Oficiales de Sanidad, Escuela Militar de Transmisiones and Escuela Militar de
Materiales de Guerra.”
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