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understanding with the National Authority for Childhood and Adolescence to promote
related training activities for police officers and national police at all levels are trained in
human rights issues and international humanitarian law, as well as in investigation
techniques on child abuse, domestic violence, gender violence and discriminatory acts.
Turkey reported that police chiefs and officers working in the Ministry of the Interior
General Directorate of Security, receive human rights training. In addition, the Turkish
National Police Academy and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe signed a memorandum of
understanding in 2016 and are implementing a set of training programmes to address hate
crime. In Slovenia, both police officers and employees of the Ministry of Interior
participate in human rights training courses.
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In Morocco, human rights training is included in both pre-service and in-service
training for the Gendarmerie Royale and is reinforced by other measures, such as thematic
training sessions, dissemination of relevant documentation, including the 2015 charte
d’ethique et de conduite and other guidance, and regular inspections. In 2016, the Direction
générale de la sûreté nationale reviewed its pre-service human rights training programme
for the police with a view to upgrading it and continued its in-service human rights training
programme accompanied by the dissemination of human rights policy guidance. Other
security forces and in particular the Forces Auxiliares, take human rights courses focusing
on the tactical and technical aspects of human rights in policing, as well as thematic
courses, organized in cooperation with relevant organizations, such as the International
Organization for Migration (IOM), with regard to human trafficking. In Poland, human
rights content is integrated into every step of police training, including basic training,
university training, specialist courses and in-service training, in addition to thematic
programmes, such as on combating hate crimes and discrimination, preventing the abuse of
power by the police and promoting equality. In Azerbaijan, the Commissioner for Human
Rights reported close cooperation on human rights training with the Police Academy. The
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights noted that while the Dutch Police Academy did not
have modules specifically focused on human rights, many education programmes for
aspiring police officers often addressed human rights issues, such as the human rights of
migrants or victims of human trafficking. The Anne Frank Foundation also provided human
rights training courses for police and municipal officials.
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Several submissions included reports on the human rights training of prison
officials. The Human Rights Commission of Uganda delivered human rights training for the
Police Force, the People’s Defence Force, the prisons service and the Internal Security
Organisation, with a focus on human rights standards relevant to the work of those
agencies, including safeguards during arrest and detention, principles governing the use of
force and the prohibition of torture. The Commissioner for Human Rights of Azerbaijan
reported that staff of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, including medical
staff, were trained in human rights. In Turkey, prison officials and members of the
gendarmerie regularly undergo human rights training and have the opportunity to
participate in related conferences. In Israel, human rights are a component of the general
training for prison officials and are also imparted through stand-alone courses given to
officers and wardens. The Procuraduría of Guatemala highlighted a number of human rights
training courses for members of the security forces under the Ministry of Interior and staff
of the penitentiary system in cooperation with academic institutions, governmental agencies
and civil society organizations.
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To address the increasing movement of migrants and refugees, several countries are
providing human rights training to border and coastguards, often in collaboration with
international organizations. Turkey provided training programmes in collaboration with
IOM for all officers in the Coastguard on the human rights of migrants and refugees and the
protection of groups in vulnerable situations. In Israel, personnel of the Population,
Immigration and Border Authority receive a four-week course on refugees and asylum
seekers, which includes human rights topics. The course was developed jointly with the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society and the United States of America Department of Homeland
Security. In Egypt, the National Council for Human Rights delivered training courses to
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