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• A workshop course on international human rights law and international treaties,
conventions and declarations;
• A course on human rights for the judicial police;
• A course on human rights and public service;
• A course on human rights; and
• A lecture on human rights in the civil service.
173. As part of prison staff skills development, particularly in regard to respect for the
integrity and fundamental rights of persons deprived of liberty, topics concerned with
ethics, commitment to service and human rights, respect for inmates’ physical integrity and
specialized tactics for prison surveillance have been included, on the basis of the
comprehensive training needs assessment programme of Mexico state, in initial and
refresher training courses for security and custody officers.
174. In this connection, all security and custodial personnel have followed initial training
courses and over 70 per cent have received refresher training. Similarly, all managerial,
technical and security personnel have regularly attended talks by human rights agencies on
human rights issues and the prison system, which have been given to over 3,000 public
servants in the prison service.
175. Particularly noteworthy are the courses on the Istanbul Protocol and combating
torture, which have been attended by 215 managerial and technical staff members of the
prison service, and the 22 courses on human rights, discrimination and the Istanbul Protocol
attended by 585 public servants comprising middle-ranking security officers, custodial staff
and technical and legal personnel at the 22 remand and social rehabilitation centres in
Mexico state.
D.
Efforts in the state of Jalisco
176. With the aim of promoting specialized training incorporating a human rights policy
element and covering current issues such as contagious diseases, epidemiology, hygiene
and forensic medicine, including documentation of injuries and medical ethics, the
following courses were organized in the state of Jalisco in 2011 for medical personnel at
state penitentiaries, providing training for a total of 68 doctors and 14 nurses:
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Course
Number of participants
Metabolic syndrome and latest-generation treatment
30 doctors and 9 nurses
Timely detection of diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis,
multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
poorly controlled asthma, HIV and hepatitis B
18 doctors
Schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder, anxietydepression syndrome, drug dependence, diabetes,
respiratory infections and bipolar depression
20 doctors and 5 nurses
Total participants
68 doctors and 14 nurses
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