a) The right to liberty and the security of the person 30. See information in §12 and 13. 31. Regarding preventive measures, in the course of 2014, the public authorities reorganised the security system by reforming the defence and security forces. This included a large-scale and in-depth re-organisation programme of these forces with the necessary material and human resources. 32. Two military regions, two gendarmerie regions and two police regions were created. The first region which was established at Tsévié covers the southern part of the country and comprises the Maritime and Plateaux administrative regions. The second region, based in Kara, covers the northern part of the country and comprises the Central, Kara and Savannah administrative regions. 33. These regions are organised into sectors corresponding to the former administrative regions of the country. With regard to the gendarmerie and the national police for instance, these sectors correspond to gendarmerie groups and regional police service directorates. 34. Furthermore, Anti-Crime Brigades (BAC) and Intelligence and Investigations Brigades (BRI) were established for the police regions and sectors. The same applied to the intelligence sections of the Gendarmerie regions. The key objective is to bring the security agencies closer to the population and to ensure an effective and timely intervention as far as the security challenges are concerned in an environment characterised by rising terrorism and religious extremism. 35. In this respect, several new units have been established to ensure improved security coverage of the country. They include public security police stations, Republican Reaction Forces, Gendarmerie Brigades, Specialised Gendarmerie Squads and Units. Between 2014 and 2015, 10 police stations and 18 police posts, 14 Republican Reaction Forces, 7 squads and 4 platoons of gendarmes were established to strengthen the already existing mechanism. 36. The main role of these units is to ensure the enforcement of the laws and regulations. To achieve this goal, they organise day and night patrols and they have been adequately equipped. The equipment is also being reinforced as part of the reform process of the defence and security forces. International cooperation is also used as a mechanism for the acquisition of these equipment. 37. In order to effectively bolster these security sector reforms, the concept of community-based policing has been rethought. The issue now is to ensure that population have greater confidence in the police and security agencies and take active part themselves in the collective security process. To this end, a workshop was 21