CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 (m) Undertake, with the involvement of the relevant experts, a judicial inspection of the crime scene, in which all evidence relating to the investigation is to be certified and instructions are to be given to the effect that a photographic record be made of the evidence and, where appropriate, that it be removed, packed and transferred, with the chain of custody being preserved, in accordance with Institutional Decision No. A/002/2006; (n) Adopt the necessary measures to prevent any interference by persons unconnected with the investigation in order to maintain the secrecy of the investigation; (o) Authenticate, where applicable, the status of the perpetrator of the torture; and (p) Adopt any necessary measures of protection to safeguard the physical integrity of the victim, complainants, prosecution witnesses and public servants. 249. In the event that a torture victim is deprived of liberty, the following steps are to be taken in addition to those referred to in the preceding paragraph: (a) Ascertain the location where the torture victim is being held and travel to that place in order to stop the unlawful conduct; (b) Inform the person concerned of his or her rights as a victim in accordance with the applicable legislation; (c) Ensure that formalities conducted with respect to the person deprived of liberty take place in an appropriate setting where the victim’s safety and trust are secured and where the public servants who are involved or who may interfere with the investigation are not present; (d) Request the competent authority to order the necessary measures for the purpose of protecting and safeguarding the physical and psychological integrity of the crime victim if it emerges from the investigations that his or her physical or psychological integrity is at risk; (e) Any other steps which may be appropriate in accordance with the law and any that may arise from the aforementioned measures in order to enable the facts to be elucidated and the suspects to be identified. 2. State of Jalisco 250. With a view to creating opportunities for indigenous persons to have access to differentiated justice in the state of Jalisco, particularly at procedural stages where there is an increased risk of defencelessness and violation of their physical or psychological integrity, and to enhancing their means of communication, a coordination agreement on the release of indigenous persons held in state penitentiaries was concluded in May 2011 between the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, the Indigenous Persons’ Commission of the state of Jalisco and the Department of Public Security, Crime Prevention and Social Rehabilitation with the aim of helping indigenous persons in custody to obtain statutory privileges (bail, suspended sentence, substitute penalties, early discharge, parole, remission and abatement of penalty). Also, the commitments set out in the coordination agreement include an undertaking by the Indigenous Persons’ Commission to provide bilingual interpreters or translators to assist the judicial and/or administrative authorities in ensuring that all notifications, especially of the rendering of a judicial decision or the granting of the privilege of early discharge, are given in indigenous prisoners’ mother tongue. 74 GE.13-41196 (EXT)

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