A/HRC/21/20 48. The training system for prison officials in the College of Justice of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences includes three years of professional higher education, vocational education and in-service training, all of which tackle human rights. Pre-service human rights training is compulsory. The Prisons Department of the Ministry of Justice carries out evaluation and impact assessments with regard to institutionalized human rights training. The code of ethics governing prison officials incorporates human rights standards. In the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria, officials from the Chief Directorate “Execution of Judgments” are trained in, for example, the prevention of torture and use of force. Japanese correctional personnel attend lectures on the human rights of inmates. The Ministry of Justice in Algeria, responsible for penitentiary establishments, has developed a human rights training programme. The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia is drafting, with the Prison Department, a human rights curriculum for prison officials. F. Military 49. Several countries reported that military personnel received training in international human rights and humanitarian law. Institutions offering human rights training include the Estonian National Defence College, the Sudan Military College, the National Defence Academy of the Ministry of Defence of Japan, the Australian Defence Force Academy and the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies in Chile. The Lebanese Army and the Directorate-General of Public Security have also taken steps in this regard. 50. The Ministry of National Defence of Chile reports that the army, navy and air force include human rights content in training their members. The same is true in Colombia and the Republic of Korea, where human rights training has intensified in the armed forces since the 2008 Regulation on Human Rights Education in the Military. The Council for Human Rights Education in the Military convenes annual consultations on textbooks and training for the Ministry of National Defence in the Republic of Korea. In Azerbaijan, weekly humanitarian law lessons are taught to the armed forces in military units, formations and in special educational institutions. The Ministry of Defence of Armenia disseminates human rights information throughout the military to eliminate racial discrimination and xenophobia. 51. With regard to training policies, human rights training has been incorporated into the Czech Armed Forces in keeping with the Concept of Education in the Czech Armed Forces: Construction and Development of Military Education 2006-2011, which describes the human rights training principles and expected knowledge and skills at all levels of service. A 2007 order by the Minister of Defence stated that human rights training must be included in all the programming documents relating to training in the armed forces. At the University of Defence, human rights protection is incorporated into compulsory subjects including law, security and defence law, and international humanitarian law. 52. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, the Comprehensive Policy on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of National Defence establishes human rights training as a strategic objective. In May 2009, the School of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the National Army was established to train members of the armed forces and, in some cases, the police. More than 100,000 members of the armed forces have been trained through its courses. In 2010 and 2011, curricular human rights training was imparted to some 460,000 participants, while 318,000 benefited from extracurricular training activities. 53. The Ministry of Defence of Serbia has trained its officials and those of the army on the national security and defence strategies, both of which stress the observance of human rights. It has also held trainings on gender perspective in security sector reform and prohibiting discrimination of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population. At the 13