116 examining the request for reparations related to the transfer of cases to the federal jurisdiction (infra paras. 515 to 518). 479. In 2006 and 2007, the State adopted various laws and also amended the law in order to improve the penal system, access to justice, and the prevention and sanction of violence against women in the state of Chihuahua: (i) the new Penal Code of the state of Chihuahua;456 (ii) the new Code of Criminal Procedure of the state of Chihuahua;457 (iii) the State Law on the Right of Women to a Life without Violence;458 (iv) the Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination,459 and (v) the Organic Law of the Judiciary of the state of Chihuahua.460 480. In 2006, the State adopted the Law to Protect and Provide Services to Victims of Crime of the state of Chihuahua and authorized the Office of the Deputy Prosecutor for human rights and for attending to victims of crime to intervene in the area of human rights, access to justice and reparation for victims.461 The State also referred to the 2006 and 2007 reforms of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the state of Chihuahua and the following internal units: (i) the State Investigation Agency; (ii) the Center for Criminal and Forensic Studies; (iii) the Department of Expert Services and Forensic Science, and (iv) the Department of Services for Victims of Gender-based and Domestic Violence.462 481. Regarding public security, Mexico indicated that, in 2005, the state of Chihuahua had created the program: “Chihuahua Seguro” (Safe Chihuahua). The measures taken under this program include: (i) combating impunity; (ii) the creation, in 2005, of the Office for the Special Prosecutor of Crimes against Women in Ciudad Juárez, to provide better services to victims and a “help line” for the general public; (iii) training for municipal agencies, especially in human rights, equity and gender, and (iv) other measures to deal with cases of domestic violence against women.463 The State also referred to a Network for the Protection and Treatment of Victims of Crime in Chihuahua, in coordination with the CNDH.464 456 Cf. Penal Code of the state of Chihuahua published in the Official Gazette on December 27, 2006 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XXXIX, attachment 55, folios 14364 to 14452). 457 Cf. Code of Criminal Procedure of the state of Chihuahua published in the Official Gazette on August 9, 2006 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XXXIX, attachment 54, folios 14266 to 14362). 458 Cf. State Law on the Right of Women to a Life without Violence, published in the Official Gazette on January 24, 2007 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLIII, attachment 110, folios 16144 to 16163). 459 Cf. Law to prevent and eliminate discrimination in the state of Chihuahua published in the Official Gazette on July 7, 2007 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLIII, attachment 111, folios 16165 to 16178). 460 Cf. Organic law of the Judiciary of the state of Chihuahua published in the Official Gazette on August 9, 2006 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XXXIX, attachment 53, folios 14187 to 14264). 461 Cf. Law for the Treatment and Protecting of the victims of crime of the state of Chihuahua published in the Official Gazette on October 21, 2006 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XXXIX, attachment 58, folios 14506 to 14513). 462 Cf. Organic law of the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the state of Chihuahua published in the Official Gazette on August 9, 2006 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XXXIX, attachment 52, folios 14174 to 14185). 463 Cf. Office of the Attorney General for the state of Chihuahua, report on the institutional policies implemented to prevent, investigate, punish and eliminate violence against women (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XL, attachment 60, folio 14946). 464 Cf. CNDH, Segundo Informe de Evaluación Integral, supra note 79, folio 4714.

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