privacy; and iv) an oversight mechanism to ensure that authorities comply with the
requirement to update the register. 25
47.
The Court appreciates the important steps taken by the State towards
compliance with the operative paragraph in question. Nevertheless, the State did not
present concrete information on the manner of implementation of the supplementary
measures that the Court ordered to reinforce the Register of Detentions, nor did it
specify whether the activities carried out by the armed forces would be included in the
register. It is particularly relevant that the State submit detailed information and
supporting documentation to assess if the four points outlined in paragraph 243 of the
Judgment have been fully complied with.
F.
The State shall continue to implement training programs and
permanent courses for the diligent investigation of cases of cruel, inhumane
or degrading treatment and torture, as well as to strengthen the State’s
institutional capabilities by means of training programs for the Mexican
Armed Forces on the principles and rules governing the protection of human
rights, including the restrictions to which they are subject, according to the
Judgment (seventeenth operative paragraph)
48.
The State reported that it has conducted training programs in various organs of
its administration, as well as its military forces. In the Secretariat of the Navy
(hereinafter “SEAMAR”), the State affirmed that “for the purpose of informing naval
personnel about the limits that their activities as law enforcement agents should be
subject to, the SEMAR and the International Committee of the Red Cross (hereinafter
‘ICRC’), have coordinated various training activities, among them: Workshop on the
use of force administered in the First Naval Region (Tuxpan, Veracruz) from March 6-8,
2012, with 99 marines in attendance [;] Workshop on the use of force administered in
the Second Naval Region (Ensenada, Baja California) from April 16-18, 2012, with 61
marines in attendance[;] Workshop on the use of force administered in the High
Command Headquarters (Mexico, Federal District) from May 23-25, 2012, with 30
marines in attendance[;] Workshop on the use of force administered in the Fourteenth
Naval Zone (Puerto Chiapas, Chipas) from July 10-12, 2012, with 44 marines in
attendance[;] Workshop on the use of force administered in the High Command
Headquarters (Mexico, Federal District) from August 1-3, 2012, with 30 marines in
attendance[;] and Workshop on the use of force administered in the Sixth Naval
Region (Manzanillo, Colima) from July 10-12, 2012, with 46 marines in attendance.”
49.
The State added that “[in] conjunction with the trainings and academy
classrooms, from October of 2011 to April of 2012, training modules on human rights
were transmitted through the Red Satelital de Televisión Educativa [Satellite Television
Education Network] (EDUSAT). These training modules were carried out in coordination
with specialized personnel of the National Commission on Human Rights (hereinafter
‘NCHR’)]. Through this system, 30,709 individuals received training. On another note,
on September 4, 2012, the SEMAR and the CNDH executed four Convenios de
Colaboración para Capacitación a Distancia y Presencial [Covenants of Collaboration for
Distance and In-Classroom Learning] on the subject of human rights, whose aim is to
lay the foundation for collaboration and support between both institutions for the
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Cf. Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores V. México. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations
and Costs. Judgment of November 26, 2010. Series C No. 220, para. 243.
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