Description
This training resource has been developed by the Commonwealth Secretariat to promote a human rights-based approach to policing. It has been designed for use by police and law-enforcement trainers in Commonwealth countries in designing, developing, conducting and evaluating police training programmes at all levels. It will assist trainers to build human rights standards and considerations into regular police training.
The manual includes chapters on policing and human rights in the context of counter-terrorism and dealing with the human rights responsibilities of prisons and penitentiary officers. Edited versions of the core applicable human rights institutions and UN codes of conduct have been included for ease of reference.
Contents
Introduction
Aims and Objectives
Chapter 1: International human rights standards and policing
Chapter 2: Human rights and police ethics
Chapter 3: Arrest
Chapter 4: Detention
Chapter 5: Use of force and firearms
Chapter 6: Investigation of crime
Chapter 7: Search and seizure
Chapter 8: Maintenance of public order
Chapter 9: Vulnerable groups: Children
Chapter 10: Vulnerable groups: Women
Chapter 11: Vulnerable groups: Displaced persons
Chapter 12: Vulnerable groups: Victims of crime
Chapter 13: Community policing
Chapter 14: Countering terrorism while respecting human rights
Chapter 15: Police command and management
Chapter 16: Human rights violations
Chapter 17: Teaching methodologies
Annexure: International instruments
Bibliography