A/HRC/24/10 Rights in 2010,4 and the report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2012.5 7. A three-pronged cooperation programme had been launched, comprising capacitybuilding for the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and civil society; social mobilization for human rights, targeting both the general public and law enforcement officials such as the judiciary, the police, the gendarmerie and prison guards; and measures to clear the backlog in the submission of reports. 8. In 2010, the Constitution had been revised to abolish capital punishment. The practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment was also prohibited by the Constitution. 9. Training courses were conducted for law enforcement officials on the rights and freedoms of persons taken in for questioning or detained, and article 330 of the Criminal Code provided for more severe punishment of officials found guilty of committing acts of torture. 10. Regarding access to justice, recruitment of magistrates had doubled since 2009. In 2012, pursuant to legal aid reform legislation, a service providing counsel at all stages of the proceedings, and a unit for reception and guidance for those involved in proceedings, had been set up. 11. In 2011, the Government had launched the innovative “mobile court” programme, whereby judges and courts came to communities where none existed. Concerning the communications sector, new regulations governing print and audiovisual media journalists, Act No. 187/AN/07/5 on the Status of Press and Audiovisual Media Staff (March 2007), had been promulgated by the Head of State in May 2007. 12. Djibouti had journalists’ trade unions and associations mandated to promote freedom of expression at the national, regional and international levels. They networked with the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and the Eastern Africa Journalists Association. 13. The Minister of Communications, responsible for postal and telecommunication services, had implemented a training and information programme on freedom of expression together with the East Africa Regional Office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the National Human Rights Commission. 14. Two projects would be launched to set up regulatory bodies, namely a national commission on communications and a national commission responsible for issuing press cards. 15. In the political realm, the Government had recently made important headway through the adoption of an organic Act which partially amended the 1992 Organic Act on Elections. 16. The Ministry of Health had conducted a series of activities to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, including by increasing antenatal and postnatal checkups, which had helped reduce the number of hospital deaths. Antenatal care coverage had increased from 63.60 to 87.27 per cent. Likewise, maternal mortality had fallen from 546 per 100,000 live births in 2002 to 300 per 100,000 live births in 2011. 4 5 4 E/C.12/DJI/1-2. CCPR/C/DJI/1. GE.13-15502