54.Furthermore, in an overall context of promoting and protecting human rights, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic in
cooperation with the offices of state attorneys-general carried out the following human rights training:
(a) In 2008
From 22 to 25 and 28 to 30 April in Baja California;
From 26 to 27 May in Sinaloa.
(b) In 2009
From 24 to 27 March in Veracruz;
From 8 to 9 June in Nayarit;
From 8 to 11 September in Jalisco.
55.We would point out that, since the offices of the state attorneys-general are constantly renewing their staff, the Office of the
Attorney-General of the Republic is training the second generation of staff. To that end, it trained a second generation of staff for
offices of state attorneys-general on the following dates:
From 7 to 9 July 2009 it trained officials in the state of Baja California;
From 25 to 28 August 2009 it provided the same training in the state of Chiapas;
From 28 to 30 April 2010, it trained staff of the state prosecution service of Coahuila;
From 19 to 21 May 2010 it provided training in the state of Nayarit;
From 14 to 16 July in the state of San Luis Potosí, and
From 10 to 12 November 2010, the staff of the Office of the Attorney-General for the State of Nuevo León.
56.The training provided by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic falls under the following main headings:
Course for implementing the specialist medical and psychological opinion for cases of possible torture and/or abuse;
Course on detention;
Workshop on human rights in federal the administration of justice;
Seminar on human rights on public security and the administration of justice;
Seminar on handling crime victims;
Seminar on human rights and gender equity;
Seminar on non-discrimination and rights of persons with disabilities, and
Seminar on human rights in indigenous issues.
57.Over the period January 2007 to November 2010, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic conducted 494 training
courses in human rights, attended by 19,714 officials, totalling 4,315 hours.
58.Specifically, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic conducted a total of 39 training courses for the implementation
of the specialist medical and psychological opinion for cases of possible torture and/or abuse during the above-mentioned period,
involving 1,432 public servantsand totalling 332 hours.
59.In the Federal District, the Attorney-General issued a decision laying down operating procedures for public prosecutors
investigating the crime of torture.
60.Notably, the measures envisaged by the Council for the Implementation of the New Model Investigative Police of the Office of the
Attorney-General for the Federal District, to provide greater protection of human rights, include the following:
61.Open a dialogue with the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District with a view to marking and identifying only those
investigative police patrols whose work so requires, leaving the rest of the vehicle fleet unmarked, so that officers can carry out their
intelligence and investigation work without being identified by the likely perpetrators of or accessories to the crime they are
investigating. Accordingly, the administrative office is requested as of this date, to acquire a vehicle fleet made up of different types
and models, in order to prevent it being easily identified, and to suspend indefinitely the marking of new patrol cars acquired.
62.Appoint, in the medium or long term, a police ombudsman to safeguard the rights, especially human rights, of all investigative
police officers. This work can be initiated through a dialogue with the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District, so that
through this remarkable institution, we can remedy this anachronism that runs counter to the constitutional rule of law.
63.On the other hand, the Vocational Training Institute, a devolved agency of the Office of the Attorney-General for the Federal
District, is responsible for professional development strategies, training and upgrading of substantive staff working in the institution,