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Implementing programs of education in human rights for members of the Armed
Forces and of the National Police, and for Prosecutors and Judges
50.
That as concerns the duty to implement, within a reasonable time, permanent
programs of education in human rights for members of the Military Forces and
National Police in all hierarchical levels, with a particular emphasis on the legitimate
use of force and states of emergency; and for prosecutors and judges, on
international standards related to the judicial protection of human rights (operative
paragraph number ten in the Judgment), the State indicated that it is developing a
pilot scheme to implement such permanent programs mainly targeting members of
the Military Forces and National Police, and for prosecutors and judges. Likewise, the
State indicated that a specialized course on human rights and democracy from the
standpoint of the Inter-American System was held at the Third Army Division
“Tarqui” from November 12 to 16, 2007.
51.
That the State informed that there had been agreement on the revision of the
“Manual de derechos humanos aplicados a la función policial” [Handbook on human
rights as applied in police activities], for the purpose of including therein the human
rights contents established in the course of the aforementioned training procedure
(supra Considering Clause Number 50), underscoring that such handbook was to be
published during the second half of the year 2009 and that during this same period a
human rights training procedure would be commenced on the basis of the
amendments thereof, for 200 National Police training staffers. Thus, every class in
the Police taking their promotion courses would receive training in human rights,
cutting across all the police subjects.
52.
That the State also let the Court know that, as relates to the Armed Forces,
for the second half of the year 2009, in the framework of an interinstitutional
cooperation agreement, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights would design a
training module. Furthermore, in the course of the hearing the State delivered a copy
of a cover page and of the contents of the “Manual de derechos humanos aplicados a
la función policial” [Handbook on human rights as applied in police activities], of
information about the human rights training process in progress at the national level
for National Police personnel, in its approaches to human mobility, nondiscrimination, citizen security, states of exception, human trafficking, gender and
the progressive use of force, as well as a report on the human rights training process
in progress at the national level and at the northern frontier for the armed forces in
its approaches to gender, security, states of exception, human mobility and the
progressive use of force.
53.
That the representatives stated that they knew that the State has training
programs on the progressive use of force for members of the Police, but that they do
not know the mechanism in use to disseminate the information and train all the
members thereof, or whether such courses are part of the education curriculum for
all hierarchical levels or whether they are imparted to all the security bodies. They
also pointed out that ever since the Judgment was pronounced, the State has not
established any permanent training program for the military.
54.
That in the course of the hearing the State made reference to the
circumstance that police training does touch upon the subject of the legitimate use of
public force during states of exception and on that of citizen security, that the
training workshops indeed are for all hierarchical levels, as well as for members of all