A/HRC/6/7 page 39 The Director-General of Police issued order No. 59/2007 (attached), concerning facilitation of the work of international monitors, as described hereunder: − State police chiefs must respect the immunities of members of the United Nations mission who in turn must comply with the laws and local regulations governing their work; − The General Department of Legal Affairs must provide advice to all police personnel, inform them of the duties of international human rights monitors and follow up on the implementation of these instructions; − The security services prepared a draft document, which was reviewed by the Advisory Council, stipulating that arrested persons have the right to contact their families and notify them of their whereabouts, the right not to be held in incommunicado detention or to be subjected to acts harmful to their physical and mental health or to torture and the right to be allowed family visits. The draft has been submitted to the director of the security services for approval; − In 2007, 6 training courses were held for security services personnel, consisting of 14 lectures on human rights principles and international humanitarian law with a focus on guarantees during arrest and the rights of detainees. The courses were run at the security services training institute for a total of 120 officers; − The national sovereignty cluster (made up of ministries with responsibilities pertaining directly to national sovereignty) approved a recommendation to the Advisory Council on Human Rights on accession to the Convention against Torture; − Pursuant to an agreement on the rights of non-Muslims concluded in the capital, Khartoum, with the Commission of Non-Muslims and the judiciary, approximately 800 individuals, mostly from the southern states, who had been accused or found guilty of trafficking in alcohol, were released. The Commission undertook to contact the Government of the South to provide appropriate means of livelihood. 1.5 Protection of witnesses On 13 July 2007, the security authorities arrested Mr. Mubarak al-Fadil and others on charges relating to sabotage and attempting to overthrow the Government. Three days later, the Minister of Justice set up an investigation panel and the accused were placed in detention under the authority of the Department of Public Prosecutions. The investigation panel gave orders for the arrest of political opposition member Ali Mahmud Hassanayn and a group of individuals either currently serving in, or retired from, the armed forces and whose names had been mentioned by the witnesses that had been questioned. The Minister of Justice gave statements to the press on this subject on 12 August 2007. The main points are set out hereunder: