assistance for poor people in the Department of Albori in the North of the Country, from September to November, 2005 and in 2006. Most of the international instruments were published in September, 2006 in the Gazette of the Republic of Benin for ease of implementation by legal practitioners. In addition, since 2007, pedagogical kits on Human Rights were prepared by the Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights to enable all Beninese citizens to know their rights and to use them should they be violated. The kits are currently being disseminated and contain the following leaflets : Human rights ; Women’s rights ; The rights of the child ; Minors’ protection squad; Human Rights Department ; National Human Rights Consultative Council (NHRCC) ; Mechanisms for regional and international human rights protection; Practical guide to Human rights in Benin ; Police in a Constitutional State ; Supreme Court; and The Constitutional Court. Similarly, the Department of Human Rights organised legal clinics on human rights in 2004, 2005, and 2006 nationwide. Since the institution, by virtue of decree n°97-509- of 11 December 1997, of the National Day for the rights and responsibilities of citizens all prisons, Police Stations and Gendarmeries are visited systematically and periodically to ensure human rights are respected in these places. - 25 -