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planned to repeat the initiative in September 2012 for the benefit of additional personnel
from both institutions.
F.
Efforts in the state of Nuevo León
186. In Nuevo León the State Human Rights Commission issued recommendation
No. 07/2011, whose points 3 and 4 called for the provision of human rights training for
custodial personnel of the social rehabilitation centres and the juvenile detention and
rehabilitation centre. That recommendation was accepted by the authorities and complied
with as follows:
• The Nuevo León Department of Public Security sought the assistance of the Security
Sciences University (a decentralized government body responsible for the training of
police public servants) with a view to including the observance of human rights in
the content of induction, training and skills upgrading courses provided for public
officials at places of detention;
• Pursuant to the Commission’s recommendation, security and custody officers at the
social rehabilitation centres and the juvenile detention and rehabilitation centre are
receiving training in human rights and the use of force.
187. The State Human Rights Commission also issued recommendation No. 16/2011 for
the purpose of instructing the State Academy of Public Security to assume responsibility on
its behalf with a view to developing teaching content for inclusion in induction and training
courses to be provided for prison personnel.
188. In connection with that recommendation, the Security Sciences University has
indicated that the higher technical university courses conducted by it place emphasis on
prison administration and incorporate police ethics, moral values and human rights.
189. In addition, the State Human Rights Commission issued recommendation
No. 21/2011 (also accepted by the Department of Public Security), whose point 3 called for
the provision of human rights training for custodial personnel of the social rehabilitation
centre in Apodaca, Nuevo León, with a view to the submission of a request to the Security
Sciences University concerning the inclusion of the topic of human rights in induction,
training and skills upgrading courses.
190. Pursuant to recommendation No. 73/2011, issued by the National Human Rights
Commission, calling for human rights training to be provided for middle-ranking and
operational law enforcement personnel, a training course on human rights for the public
security service was introduced by the state government on 13 February 2012. The training
has been carried out at the alternate headquarters of the Security Sciences University for
personnel designated by the State Police Agency. As at 14 April 2012, 127 state police
officers had attended the course.
191. The course comprises 7 modules covering a total of 80 hours, with the requirements
of 90 per cent minimum attendance, class participation and the production of a final paper.
The programme content is also studied in the cadet training course given at the Security
Sciences University and in the skills upgrading courses regularly held for law enforcement
officers at police training camp No. 1.
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