2007
2008
2009
373 397 047 032
434 856 996 941
497 840 015 356
61 459 949 909
62 983 018 415
16
14
Note : In each case, percentage increase calculated relative to previous year.
23.With regard to allocations for salaries of criminal judges, it may be noted that the budget for personal services was 22 per cent
higher in 2007/08 than in 2006. No increases were approved for the current financial year.
24.In the 2010 draft budget submitted to the National Congress for the Supreme Court, a request was made for a 25 per cent
increase in base allocations for the judiciary. The request is still under consideration.
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25.Resolution No. 176 of 10 February 2010 of the Office of the National Police Commander provides for:
26.Establishment of a system of compulsory registration in a paginated register, separate from and parallel to the duty register, which
is to include the legal grounds for the deprivation of liberty, the exact time when the detention began, how long it lasted, who was
responsible for its authorization and the names of the law enforcement officials concerned, together with precise information on the
place of detention, the time at which the competent authorities were informed, the means of communication used to do so and the
time at which the detainee first appeared before a judicial or other authority (Prosecutor’s Office).
27.Maintenance of a clear record in the register of medical examinations of persons deprived of their liberty, including the type of
care provided, the name of the doctor concerned and any findings or diagnoses made during the examination.
28.Maintenance of a record in the register of complaints received; visits, whether by family or others, by lawyers, or by members of
supervisory bodies or of a competent judicial authority; and an inventory of the personal effects of persons who are detained.
29.Police station chiefs are responsible for training and supervising police personnel to ensure the proper completion of the registers
and their lawful utilization.
Paragraph 252
30.The Publications Department of the National Police has prepared posters and other publicity materials on the subject of persons
deprived of their liberty. These have been printed in the two official languages and have been distributed to all police stations
throughout the country.
31.In order to support the work of the police, the Chamber of Deputies has developed a police officer’s guide to human rights.
Copies of this pamphlet have been distributed to all commissioned and non-commissioned police officers.
32.The Office of the National Police Commander and the Ministry of the Interior have jointly organized one-day events, courses,
workshops and seminars on the subject of human rights as they relate to the field of law enforcement.
33.An agreement has been concluded between the Office of the National Police Commander and the International Committee of the
Red Cross for the training of instructors in human rights. (To date, 87 staff members have completed the training: 77 commissioned
officers and 10 non-commissioned officers.) Human rights training will be mainstreamed within the curricula of all technical vocational
courses offered by training institutes attached to the Higher Institute of Police Education.
Paragraph 263
34.There are plans to draft a circular instructing all police stations to provide a “complaints book” in which the names of detainees are
to be noted. These persons would then be able to file a complaint about and/or bring to the attention of the authorities the type of
treatment they received in that particular police station, as well as any other type of complaint relating to human rights.
Paragraph 266
35.Over the course of 2010, the police force plans to continue developing numerous human rights courses, to update them on the
basis of provisions of domestic positive law related to human rights and to include segments on the custody of persons deprived of
their liberty and on the proper use of registers.
Paragraph 267
36.Articles 128–132 of National Police Organization Act No. 222/93 establish the duties and powers of senior officers with regard
to the organization, oversight, inspection and penalization, when necessary, of subordinate police staff in cases of misconduct under
police regulations or under domestic positive law that is considered to impair the proper functioning of the police force.
Paragraph 268
37.The Department of Internal Affairs of the National Police is the division charged with investigating, overseeing and informing the
Commander and the Directorate for Police Justice of all irregular conduct allegedly involving police officials so that they may apply
the appropriate sanction in each particular case. In addition, the Human Rights Department was established by the Office of the