León and Oaxaca, as well as the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of the Navy,
Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Health, the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, the National Institute of Migration
and the National Scheme for the Comprehensive Development of the Family.
11.The group's main objective is to assist with the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations, through a plan of action
based on classifying the recommendations according to whether they involve efforts at the federal or local levels of the various
authorities.
12.Regarding the federal level, it was anticipated that the action plan would be implemented by all authorities involved in the working
group, while locally, the authorities of the states visited would be responsible for taking appropriate action to comply with the
recommendations.
13.The working group agreed to promote the legislative and public-policy measures needed to comply with the general
recommendations.
D.Structure and headings of the action plan
14.The measures under the action plan are linked to the strategies and action lines of the National Human Rights Programme 2008–
2012.
15.The main objective of the action plan is to prevent and reduce the incidence of torture by implementing the Subcommittee’s
recommendations, involving the three branches and levels of government.
16.The specific objectives of the action plan fall under the following headings:
Dissemination
Training and promotion
Control measures
Investigation
Conditions of detention
Reform of the justice system, and
Follow-up of the recommendations of independent public human-rights protection agencies.
II.Action plan for implementing the recommendations of the United Nations
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
A.The Subcommittee’s recommendations under specific objective 1 of the action plan
(dissemination) are as follows
Make this report public, as other countries visited by the Subcommittee (Sweden and Maldives)
have done. Making the report public would undoubtedly serve as an additional mechanism for
preventing torture and ill-treatment by enabling widespread dissemination of the report’s
recommendations, which are aimed both at federal and state institutions, at the national
preventive mechanism and, indirectly, at human rights commissions and civil society organizations
(para. 19)
Compliance measures
17.The Subcommittee’s report was made public by the Government of Mexico on 6 May 2010, through a dialogue with various
media. The report is also available for consultation on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the following link:
http://www.sre.gob.mx/derechoshumanos/.
18.We would point out that the Action Plan of the Government of Mexico to implement the recommendations of the
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture was released in conjunction with the publication of the report.
Mount a prevention campaign aimed at averting the recurrence of acts of torture (para. 270)
Compliance measures
19.In the Federal District, through the Executive Directorate of Social Rehabilitation and Prevention and in coordination with the
Correctional Training Institute, content for posters, leaflets and brochures was designed, developed and reviewed as required for the
campaign of information and dissemination on fundamental rights and procedural rights of all detainees.
20.In addition, publication of posters and other forms of dissemination on fundamental rights and all procedural rights was stepped
up; they were circulated and placed in conspicuous spots wherever there are persons deprived of their liberty.