Essential Texts on Human Rights for the Police: A Compilation of International Instruments: Second, Revised Edition: 8 (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Professional Guides to Human Rights, 8) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9004164812 ISBN 13: 9789004164819

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff, 2008

Synopsis

Human rights law protects the rights and freedoms of individuals and groups within societies. Police officials are uniquely placed to ensure respect for, and secure protection of, those rights and freedoms. Those who exercise power on behalf of the people they serve need to be aware of the human rights standards they are required to meet, and the best practice in their fields of activity. The texts identified as essential for the police in this publication serve as a valuable aid to meeting both of these needs. In a democracy governed by the rule of law, good policing is crucially dependent upon compliance with the standards they embody. Furthermore, these standards, which protect human rights and set out good professional practice for police, lie at the core of democratic policing.
Essential Texts on Human Rights for the Police is divided into three parts, each one with an introduction outlining the scope and contents of the instruments. Part I includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and universal treaties, Part II regional treaties and Part III non-treaty instruments. In all, 36 international instruments are reproduced.
The present publication is intended to be used in human rights education and training programmes for police and other officials exercising police powers. It can be used by teachers and resource persons as a principal source of reference for such programmes or as a supplement to teaching manuals. It can also serve as a source of reference and guidance to operational police officials and to anyone wishing to be aware of the standards to which police should adhere.
This second, revised edition of Essential Texts on Human Rights for the Police is more comprehensive than the first and includes 14 treaties and non-treaty instruments not reproduced in the previous edition of the book. It is a companion volume to Essential Cases on Human Rights for the Police: Reviews and Summaries of International Cases, by the same authors.

About this title

Synopsis

This volume compiles the international legal instruments on human rights pertinent to policing in a democratic society. Following an introductory essay, the volume presents the texts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and

Edition details

• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004164812
• ISBN 13: 9789004164819
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 532
• Editor: Crawshaw Ralph, Holmström Leif