Court had outlined a series of actions designed to implement training courses on the standards of the inter-American system for the protection of human rights “in relation to the limits of the military jurisdiction, judicial guarantees and judicial protection, and also the international standards applicable to the administration of justice and […] the proper prosecution of the crime of forced disappearance.” It also indicated that, on September 23 and 24, 2011, the SCJN had organized an introductory training seminar for approximately 1,800 of the country’s federal judges and magistrates focused, among other matters, on examining the judgments of the Inter-American Court in cases relating to Mexico, including the Judgment handed down in the case of Radilla Pacheco.23 In addition, it stressed, from 2010 to 2012, “jurisdictional and juridical” officials had taken part in different academic programs and seminars on topics such as the forced disappearance of persons and the military jurisdiction. Furthermore, the State advised that the Judiciary of the Federation had implemented “itinerant workshops [on] the impact of the constitutional reform of amparo, and of human rights, on jurisdictional activities,” which were organized in three stages24 and in conjunction with the Federal Council of the Judicature, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Commission of Superior Courts of Justice, the Mexican Association of Dispensers of Justice, and the Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. According to the State, one of the objectives of these workshops was “to share with the heads of district and circuit courts different ways of applying extensive control of conformity with the Convention by examining a practical case on the issue of forced disappearance and the military jurisdiction.” 32. Regarding the training of agents of the Public Prosecution Service of the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGR), the State indicated that, from July 9 to 30, 2011, it had imparted the course “Forced disappearance of persons and international criminal law on human rights,” in the National Institute of Criminal Science. Moreover, among other training activities,25 on May 19 and August 10, 2012, the Deputy Ombudsman for attention to victims and community services of the PGR imparted a 50-hour specialization course on “Human rights, and forced disappearance of persons” to 37 PGR officials. 33. Furthermore, regarding the training for members of the military forces, the State advised that the Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) had imparted different courses addressed at this sector, particularly “as part of the module on ‘Human rights and international humanitarian law’ that is one of the Officers’ Training Courses,26 […] and of the courses of                                                              23 This seminar was offered in the following places: Puebla, León, Saltillo, Mazatlán, Tuxtla Gutiérrez and the Federal District. According to the State, around 90 speakers took part, including the Justices of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, members of the Federal Council of the Judicature, and representatives of the InterAmerican Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Juridical Research Institute of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the Institute of Public Policies of Mercosur, the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO), the Electoral Court of the Judiciary of the Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Secretariat of the Interior. 24 The first stage was held during March and April 2012; the second stage, in May 2012, and the third stage on December 6, 2012, and it culminated on February 28, 2013. According to the State, the workshops included lectures in different cities attended by 820 heads of federal courts and tribunals. In addition, “36 discussion and analysis roundtables were organized with personnel from the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights as the main speakers,” and with the participation of 891 judges. Also, special material had been designed to study “precedents of forced disappearance of persons, the military jurisdiction, due process of law, and judicial protection,” and this was distributed to participants. 25 For example, “on March 14, 2011, a conference was held in the PGR on ‘The INAH: Tasks and responsibilities’” relating to the performance of functions relating to the prosecution of cases. In addition, a course on the “investigation and prosecution of acts that constitute forced disappearance of persons” was held in this entity from November 28 to 30, 2011. 26 According to the information provided by the State, these courses were held in the following entities: “Heroico Colegio Militar, Colegio del Aire, Escuela Médico Militar, Escuela Militar de Odontología, Escuela Militar de 12   

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