CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2 • In November 2011 the workshop “Domestic and gender-based violence” was organized by the speakers programme office of the Embassy of the United States of America; • In November 2011 the workshop “Training for public servants in reducing stigma and discrimination” was conducted by the Mexican Health Foundation with financing from the Global Fund, its aim being to develop public servants’ awareness and skills with a view to the provision of services that are free of stigma and discrimination; • In December 2011 the workshop “Investigation of femicide cases with due diligence” was conducted by the National Institute for Women and the Training Institute of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District. 160. Skills upgrading has been provided by the Technical Institute of Police Training for its personnel, as described below. • In January 2011 a train-the-trainer course on handcuffing and the legitimate use of force was held for 168 trainers; • In February 2011 refresher training was provided on the course “Use and handling of handcuffs and the legitimate use of force” for 1,320 officers of the bank and industry police division; • In March 2011 an international seminar on organized and transnational crime and drug trafficking was organized by the Italian Central Directorate for Anti-drug Services, the Embassy of Italy and the Technical Institute of Police Training for senior staff of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of the Navy, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, the Federal Police, the Federal District Department of Public Security, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District, the Federal District government, El Salvador and Guatemala as well as managerial personnel and teachers of the Technical Institute of Police Training; • In March 2011 a workshop on civil justice was conducted for 102 trainees from the Technical Institute of Police Training by the Executive Directorate for Civil Justice of the Federal District government; • In April 2011, 50 Federal District crime prevention officers began a degree study course in police administration at the Technical Institute of Police Training.5 • In September 2011 a diploma course on public security, human rights and the accusatorial criminal justice system (leading to a specialist qualification in public security and human rights) was introduced for senior staff of the Federal District Department of Public Security, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of the Navy, the Ministry of Public Security and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federal District, its aims being the enhancement of the vocational training of middle- and higher-ranking operational personnel in order to foster a more humane and scientific approach among the participants with a view to efficient crime prevention and also the provision of methodological tools and the development of law enforcement 5 The degree programme includes two modules on human rights, which are studied in the second and third course semesters, covering topics such as background data; the Mexican Constitution and human rights; human rights in Mexico; preventive policing and human rights; analysis of acts constituting human rights violations by public servants (police personnel) in the performance of their duties; the Federal Act on the Prevention and Punishment of Torture; the Federal Act on the Administrative Responsibilities of Public Servants; criminal justice and human rights; and human rights and amparo proceedings. GE.13-41196 (EXT) 53