- Law n° 99-89 of 2nd August 1999, amending and completing certain provisions of the Criminal Code, relative to the institution of community labour in substitution to a prison sentence so as to enhance the humanization of the system of criminal punishment; - Law n° 99-90 of 2nd August 1999, amending and completing certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and introducing extra guarantees for private individuals temporarily deprived of their freedom such as the reduction of the duration of police custody, informing the families of arrested persons, the explanation of the reasons for arrest and the legal grounds, the right to a medical examination, the maintenance of arrest registers under the custody of the Public Prosecutor; - Law n° 2000-43 of 17th April 2000, amending and completing certain Articles of the Criminal Procedure Code and instituting the principle of two tier proceedings in criminal matters so as to guarantee a fair hearing; - Law n° 2000-77 of 31st July 2000, amending and completing certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code for the purpose of creating the office of sentences execution Judge so as to establish judicial control on the conditions of imprisonment and the execution of detention sentences; - Law n° 2001-52 of 14th May 2001, relative to the organization of prisons is the first of its kind in prison history for regulating the respective rights and responsibilities of the detainee and those of the prison administration and granting the sole disciplinary Council, in which the detainees are represented, the powers to impose disciplinary sanctions against offending individuals; - Law n° 2002-93 of 29th October 2002, completing the Criminal Procedure Code relative to the settlement of disputes through mediation in criminal matters by providing alternatives to criminal suits for the purpose of consolidating the spirit of harmony between the citizens and of facilitating the amicable settlement of disputes. 33. The consolidation of human rights is not limited to the promulgation of laws alone. It requires sensitization action to change the mentalities and behaviour of the population in order to promote the emergence of a conducive environment for the development of human rights. This option entails both the institutionalization of human rights education and through the dissemination of a culture of human rights both in the basic schools and in the secondary and higher education establishments as well as in the specialized institutions responsible for the training of State agents (Superior Institute of the Magistracy, National School of Administration, National Security School, Superior Institution for Prison Administration). Likewise, the teaching which popularizes human rights has become an essential component of the educational system. Furthermore, all the citizens benefit from programmes directed towards the promotion of the culture of human rights through the use of information means (newspapers, audiovisual, multimedia), seminars, cultural and artistic manifestations and other activities of civil society. 34. The numerous achievements registered in the field of protection and promotion of human rights during the period covered by the present Report are evidence of a firm and irreversible commitment with a strong awareness that the system still requires to be perfected. Among the recent initiatives taken by the State which fall within the framework of the cooperation with the international organizations operating in the field of 12