109 of norms that, in principle, are aimed at dealing with violence and discrimination against women. Nevertheless Peru did not provide the Court with information on the effectiveness of the measures adopted. Furthermore, Peruvian investigation protocols should include the standards established in this Judgment. Consequently, the Court orders the State of Peru, within a reasonable time, to draw up investigation protocols to ensure that cases of torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence are duly investigated and prosecuted pursuant to the standards indicated in paragraphs 248, 249, 251, 252, 255 and 256 of this Judgment, which relate to the collection of evidence in cases of torture and sexual violence and, in particular, to the reception of statements, and the execution of medical and psychological assessments. C.3.2. Education and training programs 323. The Commission asked the Court to order the State to implement training programs for State officials that take into account the international standards established in the Istanbul Protocol, so that these officials have the necessary technical and scientific information to evaluate possible situations of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. It also asked that the State implement, within a reasonable time, permanent human rights education programs at all hierarchical levels of the Police Forces, and include in the curriculum of those training programs special reference to international human rights instruments, specifically those relating to the protection of women’s rights, particularly their right to a life free of violence and discrimination 324. The representatives asked the Court to order the State to implement permanent training courses for public servants in keeping with the Istanbul Protocol that provided them with the necessary technical and scientific information to evaluate possible situation of torture, rape or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 325. The State advised that it had been implementing human rights education programs, as well as different academic activities, courses, workshops, and education and training sessions on human rights (and described their content), for members of the Peruvian National Police, the Ministry of Defense, and the Armed Forces, including the Peruvian Army, Air Force and Navy, at all levels. The State also listed, explained and gave details of the contents of the basic, higher and advanced programs, as well as of the seminar, workshops and master’s degree program that it has been offering in this area. In addition, it affirmed that steps had been taken to provide training to judges on issues relating to gender and law. In this regard, it indicated that the Peruvian Academy of the Judiciary had approved an amendment to its regulations, and had incorporated courses on gender and law into the curriculum; thus, from basically being optional courses, they would now be key courses in the training provided to judges and prosecutors. 326. The Court assesses positively the measures adopted by the State concerning human rights training in different State institutions. 491 However, it recalls that, considered as a system inhuman or degrading treatment, Institute of Forensic Medicine (evidence file, folio 6168); (v) Manual for the assessment of psychological harm in adult victims of domestic or sexual violence, torture and other forms of intentional violence of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Peru (evidence file, folio 6179); (vi) Protocol for the medical forensic examination to detect injuries or death as a result of torture (evidence file, folio 6188); (vii) Note No. 2520-2012-MP-FN-IML/JN of the Head of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of August 27, 2012, advising that the experts of the Forensic Clinical and Thanatology Divisions of the Criminalistics Unit “apply the international provisions of the Minnesota, Istanbul and Tokyo Protocols when assessing the protocols concerning the torture of the persons and/or corpses they examine, by order of the Special Prosecutors Unit” (evidence file, folio 6161), and (viii) Report of the Ministry for Women and Vulnerable Populations of August 29, 2012, recognizing that the Istanbul Protocol is implemented in Peruvian public organizations (evidence file, folio 6255). 491 Regarding the information provided by Peru on the implementation of human rights education programs, as well as different academic activities, courses, workshops, and education and training sessions on human rights, the Court has taken into account the information provided by the State and the representatives in their main briefs and in their final arguments. In this regard, it has made a detailed assessment of the following evidence forwarded by the

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