Strategy 3.3. — Train and raise awareness among public servants of the Federal Public Administration on the content and
scope of human rights .
Action strands
(Ministry of Public Security, Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, Ministry of the Interior , National Institute of
Migration , Ministry of Defence , Ministry of Health ) Train personnel of the federal prison system , personnel authorized to
make arrests and who work in places of detention, in compliance with , respect for and application of the Istanbul Protocol,
Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
and other international human rights instruments, in order to prevent and eradicate torture. "
Develop a strong and transparent prison policy aimed at combating corruption (para. 199)
Compliance measures
165.The Executive Department of Prison Security of the Federal District has set up a prison security and custody force to combat
corruption. In that connection, several posters, newsletters and information leaflets were produced and a reliable control system was
implemented to ensure that guards match the profile of Security Officer.
166.A supervision and monitoring programme was also set up, with closed-circuit television and a monitoring team in prisons.
167.During 2009 and 2010 in the state of Oaxaca a programme to combat corruption in prisons was initiated, for which leaflets and
posters were printed and distributed to the governors of the prisons in the state to be placed in prominent locations.
Strengthen control measures to prevent any arbitrariness on the part of police officers when
arresting someone (para. 115)
Compliance measures
168.In the municipality of Oaxaca de Juarez, the Legal Department initiates administrative proceedings for investigation and liability
against any officers misusing their powers; it is also working on the training of officers of the municipal corporation.
Implement the necessary measures to prevent detainees from being forced to pay arbitrary fines to
law-enforcement officers in order to avoid being subjected to unnecessary detention in police
stations (para. 115)
Compliance measures
169.On 2 January 2009 the General Acton the National Public Security System was published in the Official Gazette of the
Federation, with a view to standardizing the exercise of public security functions by regulating the integration, organization and
operation of the system, and establishing the division of powers and the bases for coordinating public security between the
Federation, the states, the Federal District and the municipalities.
170.To ensure compliance with the constitutional principles of legality, objectivity, efficiency, professionalism, honesty and respect for
human rights, it was established that one of the obligations of the members of the public security institutions is to refrain from ordering
or carrying out the arrest of any person without complying with the relevant constitutional and legal provisions.
171.It also provides guidelines for the proper functioning of the administrative register of detentions, which will be fed with the details
of arrests by police officers after they fill in an approved police report to be submitted to the National Information Centre. The
information recorded in the administrative register of arrests will be private and confidential and must contain at least the following
information:
Name and any alias of the detainee;
Physical description of the detainee;
Reason for and general circumstances, place and time of the arrest;
Name of person or persons involved in the arrest, rank and unit of assignment, where appropriate;
Place where the detainee will be transferred.
172.This Act provides that the laws of the Federation, the Federal District and the states shall lay down the functions to be performed
by the operational investigation units, which may include making arrests in cases subject to article 16 of the Constitution, in order to
ensure compliance with the constitutional principles referred to in article 6 of the Act.
173.Moreover, specifically in the municipality of Oaxaca de Juarez in the state of Oaxaca, control measures have been introduced so
that all persons detained for committing administrative infringements are immediately handed over to the municipal magistrate, who is
empowered to impose fines commensurate with the offences committed, assessing the personal circumstances of each detainee in
every case.
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