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 __________________ 7 8 9 10 V.17-05867 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. 5/27