CAT/C/ESP/CO/5 The State party must ensure that this reform will not impede the exercise of its jurisdiction over all acts of torture in accordance with articles 5 and 7 of the Convention and in particular the principle of aut dedere aut judicare enshrined in those articles. 6. Training 18. The Committee notes that Measure 103 of the Human Rights Plan provides for the organization of initial and continuing training courses and seminars on the conduct required of all members of the State security forces to guarantee the rights of persons who are detained or held in police custody. The Committee also notes that courses on human rights and the Istanbul Protocol (Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment) are to be included in a continuing education plan as from 2010 (art. 10). The State party should: (a) Continue preparing and implementing training programmes to ensure that all civil servants, including law enforcement officials and prison officers, are fully aware of the provisions of the Convention and its Optional Protocol, and that abuse or violations will never be tolerated; (b) Ensure that all relevant staff receive specific training on how to recognize signs of torture and ill-treatment; (c) Develop and apply a method for assessing the effectiveness and impact of those training programmes in reducing the number of cases of torture and illtreatment. 7. Detention conditions 19. While it welcomes the Suicide Prevention Programme established under instruction No. 14/2005 issued by the Directorate-General of Correctional Institutions, which, according to information received, has helped to lower the number of suicides, the Committee still considers the number of suicides and violent deaths both in police custody and in prisons to be high (art. 11). The State party should continue its efforts to reduce the number of suicides and violent deaths in all places of detention. The Committee also urges the State party to investigate promptly, thoroughly and impartially all deaths of detainees and provide, where appropriate, adequate compensation to the families of the victims. 20. The Committee regrets the scant information provided on measures taken to address the serious concerns expressed by the Ombudsman in his 2009 report on conditions in the centres for minors with behavioural or social problems. In particular, the Committee is concerned about allegations that solitary confinement is practised in many of these centres and that drugs are administered without adequate safeguards (arts. 11 and 12). The State party should take the necessary steps to ensure humane and dignified conditions in the centres for minors with behavioural or social problems. The State party should also thoroughly investigate all allegations of abuse or ill-treatment committed in these centres. 8. Amnesty Act and the non-applicability of the statute of limitations 21. While it takes note of the State party’s comment that the Convention against Torture entered into force on 26 June 1987, whereas the Amnesty Act of 1977 refers to events that occurred before the adoption of that Act, the Committee wishes to reiterate that, bearing in 6 GE.09-46805