CAT/OP/PER/1/Add.1
17. Subsequently, in 2016, through Decision No. 3963-2016-MP-FN of the Public
Prosecutor’s Office, the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences adopted
the following guides: (i) Guide to the Assessment of Mental Injury Suffered by
Adults who are Victims of Intentional Violence; (ii) Guide to the Procedure for the
Single Interview of Victims under Act No. 30364 on the Prevention, Punishment and
Eradication of Violence against Women and Family Members, and Male Children
and Adolescent Victims of Violence; (iii) Guide to Forensic Psychological
Assessment in Cases of Violence against Women and Family Members, and Other
Cases of Violence; and (iv) Forensic Guide to the Comprehensive Assessment of
Bodily Injuries.
3.1.3
Torture and ill-treatment
18. In paragraph 26 of the Subcommittee’s report, the Subcommittee
recommended, among other measures, the adoption of measures to effectively
prevent
torture
and
ill-treatment at the hands of the police in all circumstances, and to ensure that such
practices are duly investigated and the perpetrators punished. That obligation should
apply to law enforcement officials and private security guards.
19. In that regard, Legislative Decree No. 1186 7 and its implementing regulations 8
approved rules on the use of force by the National Police of Peru, the purpose of
which was to establish a legislative basis for the proper exercise of police duties,
setting out the circumstances and conditions under which those duties shoul d be
exercised, the procedures to be applied and the liabilities arising from their
improper use, all within the framework of international standards in the area of
human rights relating to police duties.
20. It should be noted that those provisions are consistent with the Code of
Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the Basic Principles on the Use of
Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials.
21. The Ministry of the Interior has provided for the update of the Human Rights
Manual of the Police, 9 the formulation of guidelines for education and training in
human rights, certification for the use of policing methods through training courses
on human rights applied to police work, and the alignment of training plans relating
to the use of force with the standards and provisions established in Legislative
Decree No. 1186. 10
22. In addition to implementing the aforementioned provisions and in relation to
the treatment of detained persons, the National Police has implemented Directive
No. 03-14-2015-DIRGEN-PNP/EMG-DIRINCRI-B, adopted under Directorate
Decision No. 579-2015-DIRGEN/EMG-PNP, which establishes security standards
and procedures in relation to detainees in the units and departments of the National
Police, or in institutions under its responsibility, as well as during custody and/or
their appearance before the competent authorities.
23. With regard to the actions undertaken in the area of human rights applied to
police work, training was provided in 2013 to 3,031 police officers, in 2014 to 4,552
police officers and in 2015 to 5,560 police officers deployed in various police units
throughout Peru. During the current year, the National Police, through its
Directorate of Guidance on Human Rights of the General Staff of the National
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Executive branch of government, Legislative Decree No. 1186, El Peruano (Official Gazette)
(16 August 2015).
Ministry of the Interior, Supreme Decree No. 012-2006-IN, El Peruano (Official Gazette)
(27 July 2016).
Ministry of the Interior, Human Rights Manual of the Police, Ministerial Decision
No. 1452-2006-IN of 31 May 2006, El Peruano (Official Gazette) (12 June 2006). Available
from https://www.pnp.gob.pe/normas_legales/manual_ddhh.pdf (accessed 14 March 2016).
Ministry of the Interior, Official Letter No. 001784 -2016-IN-DGSD of 3 November 2016, p. 9.
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