A/HRC/4/102 page 9 24. In 2005, several training courses were provided to prosecutors. OHCHR and the Office of the Ombudsman carried out the first programme for the training on the use of the Manual for Classifying Conduct that Violates Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. Seminars were conducted with the Procurator-General’s Office on the application of the Practical Guide on Evidence in Disciplinary Investigations into Violations of Human Rights and Breaches of International Humanitarian Law. Training was also provided for participants from the College of Judges and Prosecutors of Medellin, and the Colombian Family Welfare Institute. 25. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in August 2004, a workshop on the penalization of torture was organized in Kinshasa; in May, July and October 2005, and January 2006, a series of workshops on sexual violence were organized in Goma, Kindu and Mbandaka which included judicial treatment of victims of sexual violence and techniques for investigation and interviewing persons regarding crimes of sexual violence. Workshops were also held in Mbuji Mayi (October 2005), Kindu (March 2006), and Mbandaka (December 2006) on national jurisdiction and the application of international treaties ratified by the State. Workshops addressed the relationship of human rights and international humanitarian law in November 2005 and June 2006 in Kisangani and Mbandaka, respectively. Seminars on the struggle against impunity were held in June and July 2006 in Bukavu. A workshop on the rights of persons arrested and detained and on taking the procès-verbal of detainees was held in Lubumba in April 2006. In 2005, training of law enforcement personnel took place in Equateur province and Kinshasa. Training on human rights standards for prisoners was also organized for penitentiary staff in Bandundu, Bas-Congo, Equateur, Katanga, Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces, and Kinshasa, in 2005. 26. In Ethiopia, the OHCHR subregional office organized a series of training from October to December 2004 on human rights in the administration of justice in Addis Ababa, Dire Daw and Axum. In November 2004, a symposium for judges and lawyers was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In March 2005, a workshop on minimum standards for treatment of persons in detention was held in Sodere, Ethiopia. 27. In Guatemala, the OHCHR field office in 2006 participated in seminars and promoted workshops to disseminate the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 28. In Lebanon, the OHCHR regional office in April 2004 co-sponsored with the Dubai police a regional Arab human rights workshop for Arab police forces from 14 Arab countries. The regional office helped organize a second regional training workshop for police in the Arab region which took place in April/May 2005. In December 2006, the regional office took part in a workshop, organized by UNDP, on “Human rights and pretrial procedures: investigations, arrest and pretrial detention”, held in Amman, Jordan. In February 2007, the regional office, in cooperation with the Beirut Bar Association, organized training for Lebanese lawyers. 29. In Nepal, training exercises were held in March, July and August 2006 for police in Katmandu, and in December 2006 for police in Pokhara. Training was also organized for