CAT/OP/PRY/2/Add.1 importance of the service for persons in vulnerable situations. This law, which should be fully approved in the course of the 2011 parliamentary year, will give this institution administrative and functional independence (see annex V, on the current status of the draft organization act). D. 1. Situation of persons deprived of their liberty National police stations (para. 41) 58. In light of what occurred at police station No. 1 in San Lorenzo, the Minister of the Interior, Rafael Filizzola, sent a note to the National Police Commander calling for an administrative inquiry into the events reported by the Subcommittee and the appropriate sanction for the police superintendent responsible. The administrative inquiry recently concluded its work, and the superintendent responsible received a warning. 2. Paragraph 45 59. In light of what was said by the Subcommittee regarding the failure to effectively enforce Decision No. 176 of the Office of the National Police Commander (annex VI), the Human Rights Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior has conducted spot checks and informed both that office and the Human Rights Department of the National Police about the cases in which the obligatory detainee registers had not been established. 60. Consequently, the offices responsible for public order and security have been reminded that this decision is still in effect and must be enforced, and that disciplinary proceedings may be taken out against police station chiefs who fail to implement the decision. 61. Furthermore, the Ministry of the Interior has designed model detainee registers for distribution in all the country’s police stations. 62. Five thousand copies of these are expected to have been printed and distributed by mid-2011. 3. Information on detainees’ rights (para. 46) 63. Copies of the “Basic guide to human rights for the police service” and “Police serving the community: Know your rights when dealing with the police” have been printed. 64. These materials are distributed to all police staff attending human rights courses or involved in monitoring, discussions and seminars organized by the Ministry of the Interior. 65. Furthermore, the police technical body responsible for publicizing human rights recommends, in accordance with a decision of the National Police Commander (annex VII), that 100 information posters and signs be printed, spelling out the basic and primary rights of all persons stopped by the police, detained or deprived of their liberty. These should be distributed in all the police stations attached to the metropolitan and central police headquarters, since the statistics show that they register the highest number of arrests and detentions. These materials are also given to governors’ offices and municipalities for distribution. 66. 4. Copies of these materials are attached to this report (annexes VIII and IX). Physical conditions (paras. 48 and 49) 67. In order to give effect to this recommendation, the Ministry of the Interior has drawn up a plan for cells in police stations in the metropolitan area. GE.11-43459 9