12.
Regarding the dissemination of the Judgment among prison personnel, the State
advised that the MJSHC had prepared a “training module on the human rights of persons
deprived of liberty for prison personnel (including medical, psychiatric and psychological
staff),” which was distributed to instructors in charge of the “initial training procedure which
includes the selection of candidates for the Surveillance and Security Unit of the Social
Rehabilitation System and their technical, scientific, and methodological training on safety
in the exercise of human rights.” The training lasts for six months, and is taught by
professionals hired directly by the Army’s Polytechnic Institute. According to the State,
“[o]n April 19, 2012, 479 guards graduated[,] and 560 applicants are currently enrolled in
the said training” which “includes the study […of] the case of Vera Vera.” The State sent the
Court photographs and videos of the training sessions for police personnel and candidates
for the Surveillance and Security Unit.
13.
Lastly, regarding the dissemination of the Judgment among the medical staff in
charge of persons deprived of liberty, the State indicated “that, once it has the informative
leaflets […] and the Deputy Secretariat for Management of Attention to Adults and
Adolescents in conflict with the law has sent a list with the number of doctors who provide
services in the Social Rehabilitation Centers, the MJDHC will arrange for distribution of the
leaflets […].”
B.2.
Observations of the representative
14.
He indicated that, to date, this aspect has been fulfilled partially; he therefore
“awaits the State’s dissemination of the Judgment among medical staff in charge of persons
deprived of liberty.” In addition, he asked the Court to order the State to forward “the
human rights training module for prison personnel, [and also …] the curriculum used by the
Army’s Polytechnic Institute to incorporate this case into the training received by those who
graduated in April this year and those who are being trained to become prison guards.” He
also asked the Court to order the State to provide information on how the police instructors
incorporated “the leaflets” into the “curriculum of the Police Education Directorate”; to
forward “this curriculum or any module prepared for this purpose,” and to indicate “how
many police agents the Judgment had been disseminated to, in which parts of the country,
and on what dates.”
B.3.
Observations of the Inter-American Commission
15.
The Commission “assessed the progress reported by the State positively, including
the initiative of the informative leaflet on the content of the Judgment, and the
dissemination achieved so far. However, [… it observed] that, from the information provided
by the parties, the dissemination among medical staff remains pending; [accordingly, it]
hopes that the said dissemination takes place as soon as possible.”
B.4.
Considerations of the Inter-American Court
16.
From the information and documentation submitted, the Court observes that the
State has disseminated the Judgment among police and prison authorities by preparing
informative leaflets and training courses, and it is only the dissemination among medical
personnel in charge of persons deprived of liberty that remains pending. Accordingly, the
Court awaits this information.
17.
Consequently, the Court considers that the State has complied partially with the
third operative paragraph of the Judgment.
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