service, through topics covering theoretical and practical aspects, such as:
Human development in the prosecution environment;
Overview of crime theory;
The preliminary investigation;
Criminal proceedings in the Federal District;
"Amparo" proceedings in criminal matters;
Criminology: analysis of crime;
Forensic science in prosecution investigations;
The role of the police in prosecution investigations;
Human rights and ethics in the prosecution service;
Juvenile criminal justice;
Constitutional reform in criminal matters and public security;
Murder, robbery, kidnapping and rape, and
Complementary activities: physical fitness and first aid.
75.A week of specialization in juvenile criminal justice was also organized for public servants working in that field; 50 hours of classes
covered the following topics:
The role of the victim in the juvenile criminal justice system;
Conciliation;
Litigation techniques in oral proceedings;
Principles and evidence in criminal justice for adolescents;
Interviewing and interrogation techniques and kinesics, and
Oral expression.
76.The Vocational Training Institute will train about 100 public servants every three weeks, without interruption.
77.To date, 533 public servants have taken part in this reference activity.
78.In the state of Jalisco, the coordinators of the General Inspectorate of Prisons in Puerto Vallarta were given the document
containing the manual for the investigation and documentation of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, in line with
the Istanbul Protocol, in order to publicize the goals of the manual.
Redouble efforts in regard to appropriate training as a mechanism to prevent torture. (para. 95)
Compliance measures
79.As mentioned above, between 2009 and 2010, the Office of the Attorney-General for the State of Oaxaca, in cooperation with
the Commission for the Defence of Human Rights in the state, gave 14 courses on "values and human rights", aimed at public
prosecutors and municipal secretaries of the regions of Istmo, Mixteca, Cuenca and Costa.
80.In 2010, with the cooperation of the International Cooperation Department of the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic,
a course was given on "The process of implementing the Istanbul Protocol in the administration of justice in Mexico" for public
prosecutors, clerical officers, experts and other staff of the Attorney-General’s Office.
Review and update all police training programmes and courses at all levels in order to bring them
into line with human rights principles and standards, ensuring a cross-cutting human rights
approach and, in particular, ensuring that they are oriented towards preventing torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Compliance measures
81.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 the attorneys-general for the states carried out the following human rights training:
(a) In 2008
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