A/HRC/4/33/Add.3 page 16 prohibition in the context of global cooperation in counter-terrorism activities. The Special Rapporteur reiterates that counter-terrorism measures employed by the Government must respect international human rights norms, in particular the absolute prohibition of torture.12 B. Lack of awareness 48. The Special Rapporteur notes information provided by the Government that it promotes human rights concepts through awareness-raising programmes disseminated by the media and it recently incorporated these concepts into the academic curricula: Security institutions spare no effort to train and educate security staff and staff of correction and rehabilitation centres about human rights, so as to enable them to better perform their duties in conformity with the regulations and laws in force and in a manner that reflects Jordan’s adherence to international human rights treaties, particularly the Convention against Torture. Some courses are delivered locally, at the police academy, and others are delivered abroad, with officers and men being sent to other countries to learn from the experiences of prisons elsewhere. The National Centre for Human Rights has run training courses for administrators of correction and rehabilitation centres, criminal investigators, and general intelligence officers. Several courses on management of correction and rehabilitation centres have been run, in conjunction with Penal Reform International, to train participants about prisoners’ welfare and the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Other courses have been run, in cooperation with UNDP, on the subject of guaranteeing a fair trial according to international standards. Public Security and General Intelligence officers have also taken part in courses on crime prevention, human rights, and the Convention against Torture. 49. However, despite these activities, in various meetings with government officials the Special Rapporteur found a lack of awareness of the seriousness of torture. An illustration of this is that most directors of Correction and Rehabilitation Centres, heads of security forces and even members of Government were satisfied that disciplinary sanctions, such as reductions of salary or delayed promotions, constituted appropriate penalties for this practice. This consensus might not be completely surprising, especially given that in the Penal Code torture is classified only as a misdemeanour, subject to a maximum penalty of three years’ imprisonment. 50. More surprising, however, was the finding that none of the directors of prisons, pretrial or police detention centres had allegedly been aware of any allegations of torture. This is in sharp contrast to the considerable number of well-founded allegations which the Special Rapporteur 12 See, for example, reports of the Special Rapporteur on torture to the General Assembly (A/60/316) and (A/61/259); and the report to the Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2006/6).