E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.3 page 43 stressing that torture is a crime against humanity, pointed out that international instruments to which Turkey is a party, as well as national legislation on the issue, ban torture and any kind of degrading and inhuman treatment. 262. The Government also reported on human rights training for law enforcement officials. A “training of trainers” project is being carried out in cooperation with the Council of Europe and funded partially by the EU. The project aims at giving intensive training to human rights trainers at police and gendarmerie schools, as well as devising human rights curricula for those institutions. 263. Human rights courses have been included in the curriculum of provincial district governorship courses and in the curricula of the police vocational schools, the Police Academy and the police colleges. “Human Rights” and “Public Relations” courses have become mandatory in all in-service training programmes of the General Directorate of Security. It is reported that in 2001, 378 in-service training programmes were conducted, and 2,886 senior officials and 12,065 police officials attended the programmes. In 2002, 3,005 officials attended 47 in-service training courses. Human rights training is a significant part of the 289 in-service training programmes planned by the Directorate General of Security for 2003. Moreover, a number of lectures, seminars, conferences and courses have been held throughout Turkey for the staff of the security services by prominent academicians and high-level officials of the Ministries of Justice and the Interior. These activities mainly aim at informing officials about the latest legal amendments. A total of 12,237 officials attending basic courses on anti-terror activities have received human rights training. 264. A training project has been prepared by the General Directorate of Security in order to prevent suicides in detention centres. 265. Since 1992/93, human rights courses have also been given in gendarmerie schools at all levels. To date 29,713 gendarmerie officials, non-commissioned officers and specialist gendarmerie sergeants attended human rights courses. Moreover, at the Gendarmerie Command Schools, courses in public relations, the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Law are given with a specific focus on human rights. In the context of a protocol signed between Eskisehir Anadolu University and the General Command of the Gendarmerie, specialist gendarmerie sergeants will attend a two-year programme that incorporates human rights topics in the curriculum. The project was due to start in the 2003/04 academic year. 266. According to the regulations on in-service training of candidates/officials of the Ministry of Justice, a course on human rights is compulsory. Human rights courses are also included in the curriculum of in-service training of the prison and detention house personnel, and one of the subjects is combating torture and ill-treatment. 267. A joint project with the British Council on “Training of Judges and Public Prosecutors” has been ongoing since 2001. This project aims to train all judges and public prosecutors on human rights. To train and raise awareness of judges and prosecutors, a joint initiative is being carried out by the European Union, the Council of Europe and Turkey.