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during the third year for 228 hours, while criminal psychology, methodological instruction,
crime-scene inspection techniques, forensic dentistry and criminology are taught in the
fourth year for 380 hours.
27.
An agreement has been concluded between the Ministry of the Interior, the Office of
the National Police Commander and the International Committee of the Red Cross on
training human rights instructors and mainstreaming human rights in all technical and
vocational subjects offered by training institutes attached to the Higher Institute for Police
Training. In 2009, 77 commissioned officers and 10 non-commissioned officers graduated.
In 2010, a further 115 police officers graduated, bringing the current total of police staff
trained in this area to 202.
28.
In 2009, as a result of cooperation agreements between the Institute for Comparative
Studies in Criminal and Social Sciences and the Paraguayan Institute for Human Rights,
active police officers in the special branch and in the 911 emergency system received
human rights training. Overall, 120 police officers benefited from improved training.
29.
In 2010, the Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior trained
approximately 80 police officers serving in district police stations.
30.
A plan to give police personnel standard training in human rights is currently being
drafted and will focus on areas such as prevention at the grass-roots level, community
policing, public safety and an international, national and administrative regulatory
framework. The plan will also address the use of force, the prevention and punishment of
acts of torture, assistance for vulnerable groups and the application of human rights in the
enforcement of judicial orders.
31.
The Ombudsman’s Office and the Office of the National Police Commander are to
sign an inter-institutional agreement on a schedule and subsequent delivery of human rights
courses for police personnel. The Ombudsman’s Office will be responsible for supplying
course instructors and materials for the participants, as well as issuing certificates of
attendance. The National Police will provide training facilities, computer equipment
(computer and projector) and an instructor in human rights to teach one of the subjects, and
will ensure that staff attend. The courses are scheduled to take place between 8 a.m. and
10.30 a.m.
(vi)
Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior (para. 27)
32.
With regard to strengthening its structure, the Ministry of the Interior’s Human
Rights Directorate now has new offices equipped with the materials necessary for its
operations (computer equipment, telephone/fax), a dedicated mobile phone and a small
reception area for receiving complaints. It has also hired a further two officials.
33.
The Human Rights Directorate plans to have regional branches or offices in
operation by 2012.
(vii)
The Department of Internal Affairs and investigations into police personnel (para. 29)
34.
The Department of Internal Affairs of the National Police is responsible for making
inquiries into reports of police misconduct that fall within its remit. It subsequently
transmits its findings to the Directorate of Police Justice for it to carry out an investigation
and determine administrative responsibility.
35.
The Department of Internal Affairs was established in 2003 by Decision No. 142 of
the Office of the National Police Commander, to which it is organizationally and
administratively bound.
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