the application of the specialized medical-psychological evaluation for cases of possible
torture,’ which was taught 13 times from January 23, 2012 to December 9, 2012, and
in which 423 public officials of the PGR participated.” Similarly, the State reported that,
“from 2008 to 2011, the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic has
implemented the course titled ‘The implementation of the Istanbul Protocol in the
Institutions of [M]exican State,’ in the following states of the Republic: Puebla,
Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Nayarit, State of Mexico, Guerrero, Monterrey,
Yucatan, Tlaxcala, and Chiapas.”
54.
With regards to the programs carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor
General of Justice of the state of Guerrero, the State indicated that “[i]n August of
2012, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Justice of the state of Guerrero offered a
‘Course on Human Rights’ at the Institute of Vocational Training, which was aimed at
deputy prosecutors, experts, and agents of the State Police.”
55.
As to the Federal Council of the Judicature, the State reported that “in
coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Commission of Superior
Courts of Justice, the Mexican Association of [D]ispensers of Justice, and the
OUNHCHR, it had organized the event ‘Itinerant Workshops: The Impact of the
Constitutional Reform of Amparo and of Human Rights on Jurisdictional Activities.’”
Furthermore, “[i]n April of 2012, it launched the ‘Integral Master Program in Human
Rights and Democracy,” organized in conjunction with the Latin American School of
Social Sciences, and the OUNHCHR.” Similarly, it implemented the “Itinerant
Introductory Seminar on the Constitutional Reform of Human Rights,” directed at
heads of the superior courts of justice. Along the same lines, “[i]n September and
October of 2012, in conjunction with the Procuraduría Social de Atención a las Víctimas
de Delitos [Social Services Office for Attention to Crime Victims], the ‘Interdisciplinary
Seminar on discussions regarding the right to reparations for violations of human
rights,’ was developed; the objective of this seminar was to analyze the relationship
between the constitutional reform of human rights, the reform of the criminal justice
system, and the reform of amparo in the sphere of the right to reparations.”
56.
The State further indicated that “[t]he Judiciary of the state of Guerrero has
launched a professionalization program for public officials, through which the following
activities have been implemented: Seminar on ‘Constitutional Reforms on Human
Rights and Amparo,’ taught on August 30, 2012 and September 1, 2012, and which
was directed at public officials of the Judiciary in Chilpancingo, Guerrero. The
conference ‘Strengthening the Ethical Culture in the Judiciary in the State of Guerrero’
was held on August 25, 2012 in Chilpancingo, Guerrero. On July 3, 2012, the
conference ‘The Ethics of the Judiciary’ was delivered to public officers of the judiciary
and of administrative support. The magisterial conferences ‘Human rights in the
system of protection to women in criminal proceedings’ and ‘Precautionary measures
as mechanisms of protection for women who have been victims of violence’ were held
on November 6, 2012. On December 3, 4, and 5, 2012, a workshop was held titled
‘International instruments of protection for human rights in constitutional reforms.’”
57.
Regarding the information set forth by the State in the preceding paragraphs,
the representatives expressed that “[o]n July 26, 2012, [they forwarded] to the
Secretariat of the Interior a proposal on the trainings with guidelines they consider[ed]
necessary for full compliance with this operative paragraph.” The representatives noted
that they had not received a response regarding their request and, thus, urged the
State “to present data or figures on the results [of the programs and trainings].”
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