Author: Mehta, Swati
Title: Feudal Forces: Democratic Nations. Police Accountability in Commonwealth South Asia
Summary: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka make up Commonwealth South Asia. Across the region, issues around police, police reform and police accountability are key human rights concerns and governance priorities. Policing in the region contends with heterogeneous societies, violent crime, protracted conflict, poverty and political unrest. The police must be equipped to meet all these challenges, in support of democratic standards and human rights. This report looks at policing in the Commonwealth South Asia and seeks ways to strengthen democratic policing in the region. It outlines legal frameworks, instituions and processes already in place to hol the police accountable - a key element of democratic policing. Through analysis of the existing accountability systems, this report examines how entrenched democratic policing is in the region and highlights strategies to strengthen it by exploring some of the bet practices in other Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Details: New Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2007. 95p.
Source: Intenet Resource
Year: 2007
Country: Asia
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Shelf Number: 117604
Keywords:
Police AccountabilityPolice ReformPolicing (South Asia) |
