it, is governed by a system of guarantees and full respect for human rights.
31.Furthermore, in the area of improving training in human rights in 2010, a training programme for 111 state public defenders was
conducted jointly with the state Office of Human Rights and Civil Protection, comprising eight sessions covering the following topics:
Code of conduct for law-enforcement officials;
Body of principles for the protection of all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment, and
A high quality, caring service.
32.Moreover, during 2010 the Office of the Attorney-General forBaja California gave the following courses for staff coaching and
training in human rights and prevention of torture:
Basics of human rights;
The Istanbul Protocol;
Seminar on human rights and the administration of justice;
Workshop on human rights under the new justice model;
Human rights forum;
Women's rights and gender equity;
Seminar on legal certainty: Victimology and human rights;
Basics of trafficking in persons and gender mainstreaming;
The justice system and children's rights in relation to criminal organizations;
Training workshop on trafficking in persons;
The human rights approach in public policy;
Gender-based violence and trafficking in persons: standard procedures of the special prosecution service regarding crimes of violence
against women;
Human rights of crime victims and injured parties;
Use of force and firearms;
Legal framework to prevent and punish torture, and
Rights and duties of police officers.
33.Also, the staff assigned to the Care Centres for Victims and Witnesses visit detention centres of the Office of the State AttorneyGeneral with a view to preparing diligence reports, interviewing detainees about whether they have been victims of torture, cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment by any public servant, and handing out leaflets that set out the rights enshrined in article 20, section C,
of the Constitution of the United Mexican States.
34.A handbook has been prepared for all police and prison officers on how to inform detainees of their rights; upon the entry into
force of the new criminal justice system in Mexicali which is based on the implementation of the new Code of Criminal Procedure,
arresting officers are bound to read suspects their rights, specifically the provisions of article 122 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
for Baja California.
35.The Implementation Unit for the new criminal justice system of Baja California has been given the task of drafting operating
manuals for the various operators of the new system, including the Manual of Procedures and Organization of the state judicial police,
emphasizing that this manual set out the procedure for detention in flagrante delicto, in which the judicial police are required to read
suspects their rights. Accordingly a supplement to the protocol was drafted, entitled Reading Suspects their Rights, setting out all the
rights contained in article 122 of the relevant Code.
36.In this regard, the Public Security Academy of the Ministry of Public Security in Baja California has continuous assessment
programmes, aimed at guaranteeing the quality of service levels within the Ministry’s police forces, including security and prison
officers, who are subjected to reliability checks, as well as ongoing certification processes to verify compliance with personality,
ethical, socioeconomic and medical profiles as well as the capabilities and skills of those officers, thereby guaranteeing the quality of
service they perform.
37.Starting from the basic training of these security and prison officers, the academic programmes are constantly reviewed and
updated, thereby satisfying the quality requirements of the National Academy of Public Security. Every year it also validates the
content of these programmes, which include subjects related to the technical and operational role that police officers should have,
along with subjects related to ethical values, the rule of law and respect for human rights, thereby guaranteeing quality and a caring
attitude in the training of such personnel.