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1 results foundAuthor: Srivastava, Devyani Title: Feudal Forces: Reform Delayed. Moving from Force to Service in South Asian Policing Summary: The state of policing throughout Commonwealth South Asia is abysmal. At the end of 2007, CHRI published Feudal Forces: Democratic Nations – Police Accountability in Commonwealth South Asia. The report delved deeply into the theory of democratic policing and why it is a desirable model for the region. Its examination of policing in South Asia revealed a wholly unsuitable state of law enforcement, devoid of public confi dence. Even as some weak attempts have been made to reduce the politicisation of the police, increase its accountability, and improve its management, implementation has been poor because governments are reluctant to fully and urgently engage on desperately needed reform. In 2008, CHRI published Feudal Forces: Reform Delayed – Moving from Force to Service in South Asian Policing. The report provided the state and pace of police reforms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka in detail, and the concrete steps that can be undertaken to transition policing in the region from a force to a service. Besides having an additional chapter on the Maldives, the present report is an update of the 2008 Feudal Forces report. It is published at an important time. Elections were held in Bangladesh in December 2008, and a democratically elected government came into power, replacing the Caretaker Government which was in power for almost two years. Sri Lanka won its two-decade war against the LTTE. The Maldives held its first multi-party democratic elections that saw the defeat of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, in power since 1978. This, along with its share of implications on policing, definitely raised the hopes of police reform gaining momentum. India and Pakistan on the other hand, have experienced terrible forms of violence. Pakistan has been torn by internal strife and conflict, and India has seen some of the worst terrorist attacks and extremist violence. Reform measures in these two countries have thus been geared towards giving police more arms and ammunition, introducing new legislations and amending existing ones, curtailing civilian rights, and enhancing policing powers. In the wake of all these developments this update of Feudal Forces: Reform Delayed captures the pace of reforms, the obstacles that are coming in the way and how the so-called War on Terror is likely to affect the reform movement. Details: New Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2010. 116p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 11, 2011 at: http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/police/feudal_forces_reform_delayed_2010.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Asia URL: http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/publications/police/feudal_forces_reform_delayed_2010.pdf Shelf Number: 120752 Keywords: Police Reform (Asia)Policing (Asia)Policing Terrorism (Asia) |