CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 human rights violations, held at the army and air force study centre and attended by 90 personnel members; (iv) Lectures and talks on torture prevention, held at the territorial command units of the Mexican army and air force and attended by 8,590 persons. (b) Training was provided during 2011 for 24,088 employees at the following events: (i) A lecture for judicial military police personnel on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, other international human rights instruments concerned with the prevention and eradication of torture and the Federal Act on the Prevention and Punishment of Torture, attended by 120 persons; (ii) A lecture on searches, arrests, unlawful detention and abuse of authority (torture, incommunicado detention, threats, injuries and killings) for personnel of the Presidential General Staff, attended by 112 persons; (iii) Three workshop courses on forensic investigation and documentation for purposes of application of the Istanbul Protocol, held at the army and air force study centre and attended by 84 personnel members; (iv) Lectures and talks on torture prevention, held at the territorial command units of the Mexican army and air force and attended by 23,772 persons. (c) Training was provided during the current year for 4,295 employees at the following events: (i) A workshop course on forensic investigation and documentation for purposes of application of the Istanbul Protocol, held at the army and air force study centre and attended by 13 military personnel members; (ii) Lectures and talks on torture prevention, held at the territorial command units of the Mexican army and air force and attended by 4,282 serving officers. 137. The judicial police, in coordination with the Office of the Assistant AttorneyGeneral for Human Rights, Victim Support and Community Services, has carried out various activities with a view to meeting the goals of the National Human Rights Programme 2008–2012, which sets out a training and awareness strategy on the content and scope of human rights for public servants. 138. In this connection there has been an increase in the number of educational activities undertaken and judicial police personnel trained during 2011 and 2012 in the topics indicated below, which has enabled officers to develop their expertise in areas such as prevention of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. GE.13-41196 (EXT) 43

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