CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 B. Initial training Location National Academy of Prison Administration Lencero, Veracruz August 2011-April 2012 1 579 course participants Efforts in the Federal District 150. At the state level the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District includes the topic of ethics and human rights in its professional development courses and organizes a higher technical university diploma course in criminal investigation for the training of police detectives. This course is recognized by the Ministry of Education and its syllabus includes torture prevention and human rights protection. 151. A training workshop on torture prevention and investigation under the new criminal justice system was conducted on 26 May and 2, 16 and 23 June 2011 by the Vocational Training Institute of the Federal District government in coordination with the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights and the Human Rights Directorate in the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District. 152. The workshop covered the following topics: • International standards; • Definitional elements of the crime of torture in Mexico, with emphasis on Federal District legislation; • Prevention and investigation of torture under the new criminal justice system; • Action to combat acts of torture in relation to constitutional measures for the control of organized crime; • Investigation of cases of torture (application of codes of ethics and the Istanbul Protocol); • International experiences in the investigation and prosecution of torture cases, and activities of the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District in connection with the documentation and investigation of torture cases; • Procedural protocol on investigating and prosecuting torture cases and providing victim support; • Medical and psychological aspects of torture investigation in accordance with the procedural protocol of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District; • Involvement of the Directorate for Victims of Crime in the reporting procedure.4 153. This workshop was attended by 53 public servants comprising prosecution personnel and experts from different units of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District. Also, 10 public defence lawyers took part. 154. The Vocational Training Institute has organized various courses and diploma study programmes on topics concerned with access to justice, the new criminal justice model and the new investigative policing model, including: 4 50 Contributions were made at this workshop by international speakers including Dr. Barbara Frey of the University of Minnesota (rapporteur for the drafting of the Istanbul Protocol) and Dr. Carlos Castresana (former head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala). GE.13-41196 (EXT)