Chapter 1 - Report of the Education and Public Relations Group The programme included paper presentations, role play and discussion of case studies. Participants were also exposed to international human rights standards relevant to their work. Among the topics discussed were the rights of children and women, the right to physical and moral integrity, right to an adequate standard of living, health rights of prisoners, making prisons a safe place, best use of prisons, special categories of prisoners including women and juveniles, and persons under detention without sentence or who are under preventive detention. The Commission, in collaboration with the Prison Department, is drafting a permanent human rights curriculum for officials of all ranks. This is being finalised, and is recommended to be implemented by the first quarter of 2013. The Prison Department will implement it through its training school. (b) Royal Malaysian Police Exposure and education on human rights for police personnel remains an area of focus, particularly in light of alleged human rights violations during such incidents as the Bersih 2.0 and Bersih 3.0 public assemblies. Realising the effectiveness of instilling awareness at the start of their professional career, EPRG conducted seven training sessions for recruits at Police Training Centres, including those in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. The training took into account issues raised through complaints to the Commission against the police. While most new recruits have scant knowledge of human rights, a few showed they have extensive knowledge and eagerly participated in the training. The Commission is hopeful that such training will be a catalyst for police recruits to develop an interest in human rights and uphold the dignity of the police force as the leading law enforcement agency. (c) The Commission hopes that training will be a catalyst for police recruits to develop an interest in human rights and uphold the dignity of the police force as the country’s leading enforcement agency. Local Authorities The Commission again worked with the Training Centre for Local Authorities to sensitise enforcement officers to human rights. A total of 45 officers from 12 local authorities in Selangor and 60 from one local authority in Penang attended a workshop. 33