A/HRC/4/103 page 7 Department of Peacekeeping Operations, OHCHR sent a forensic assessment mission to Liberia for the identification of a mass grave in the operational area of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. 22. The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur (2004-2005), established by Security Council resolution 1564 (2004), enabled OHCHR to develop a comprehensive approach to future commissions of inquiry for serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. At the request of the Secretary-General, OHCHR set up a secretariat for the Commission with more than 30 staff, including legal and human rights researchers, investigators, military analysts, experts in gender violence and forensic experts. 23. Forensic specialists contributed significantly to the high quality of the reports produced by these fact-finding missions and commissions of inquiry. VII. REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS 24. The Government of Lebanon, in response to the note verbale, informed OHCHR that it had taken note of Commission resolution 2005/26 and that its Ministry of Public Health would take action as it deemed appropriate. 25. The Government of Mexico informed OHCHR that model training courses on the effective documentation of torture and ill-treatment had increased the methodological and practical forensic expertise inside the investigation and prosecution services. The Federal Attorney-General’s Office (Procuradoría General de la República) published a directive (A/057/2003) on 18 August 2003, establishing guidelines for legal and forensic investigation into alleged cases of torture or ill-treatment as a measure in implementation of the Istanbul Protocol. In addition, a committee and a consultative group were established, composed of members of the prosecution services and forensic experts. The committee and the consultative group, which also included members of NGOs, were tasked with verifying that the medical and psychological analysis of alleged torture and ill-treatment conforms to the guidelines established by the Federal Attorney-General’s Office. 26. The Government of Togo informed OHCHR that since 1994 a module on the protection of human rights and the dignity of the person has been included in the second and sixth years of medical studies and at the school for health workers. In August 2004, a forensic service (Service de médecine légale) was established to take care of victims of physical violence and provide advice to health professionals and social workers. Hospitals also employed forensic doctors (médecins légistes) to evaluate the psychological harm suffered by victims of traffic accidents. VIII. CONCLUSIONS 27. The developments since the last report point to an increasing and more systematic use of forensic expertise in the context of human rights fact-finding and investigative activities by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and international commissions of inquiry. The Subcommittee on Prevention mandated under the Optional Protocol to the Convention