9 Implementation of human rights education programs 31. That, in relation to the duty to implement, within a reasonable time, human rightsoriented programs for the members of intelligence services, the Armed Forces and the National Police, as well as for prosecutors and judges (operative paragraph fifteen of the Judgment,) the State provided information about the application of human rights programs in the training centers of the Armed forces and reported that, subsequently, it implemented the necessary changes to cause the Centro de Derecho Internacional Humanitario (International Humanitarian Law Center) of the Armed Forces, within the Comando Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas (Armed Forces Joint Staff,) to provide training in the field of human rights. The State affirmed that the Judiciary carried out academic activities aimed at disseminating human rights information and that the Judiciary Academy “organizes on an ongoing and permanent” basis seminars and distant learning courses in human rights in the administration of justice for judges, prosecutors and other judicial officers. Furthermore, it highlighted that the Academy decided to include the Judgment of the Court in the instant case as mandatory material in the courses, together with international human rights instruments. It further reported on the human rights courses of the professional development, training, specialization, and continuing education centers of the Sistema Educativo Policial (Police Educational System.) Therefore, the State considers that it has partly complied with this operative paragraph based on the progress mentioned above. 32. That the representatives suggested that it was necessary to continue monitoring compliance with this operative paragraph on an ongoing basis. They considered that the reports submitted by the State showed that a series of human rights education activities were organized, but that this should not be considered per se “sufficient and efficient” in training members of the intelligence service, the Armed Forces and the National Police, as well as prosecutors and judges. Therefore, the representatives concluded that, despite the progress made in training police officers, it is necessary that the State provide more detailed and comprehensive information on the education of other public officers as ordered in the Judgment, and requested that “ongoing monitoring” be made of both the frequency of the courses and the syllabus and evaluation methods to assess their effectiveness and to fully comply with this operative paragraph. 33. That the Commission greatly appreciated “the actions taken to implement human rights education programs,” but noted that the information on said courses of study failed to detail their permanent nature, and suggested that the State should keep on implementing the necessary measures to fully comply with its obligation. Subsequently, the Commission expressed its concerns about the lack of updated information and reiterated that the information then furnished “was not sufficient to assess the syllabus, scope, maintenance and impact of the activities carried out by the State.” 34. That the Court reminds that human rights education in the organizations involved in national security, as well as in those associated with justice administration, is vital to secure that acts similar to the events occurred in the instant case will not happen again. The Tribunal highly praises the information submitted and the progress referenced in relation to human rights training courses in justice administration departments, the Armed Forces and the National Police. In particular, the Court notes that the human rights courses have been designed to the members of police and military forces of different hierarchy, and that international human rights instruments have been included in the syllabus of those courses, as required. Moreover, the State has included as mandatory reference in the training of judges the Judgment delivered by the Court in this case and has forwarded it to the Consejo Superior de Justicia Militar (Military Justice Supreme Council.)

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