Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for policing (south asia)
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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
URL:
Shelf Number: 117604
Keywords:
Police AccountabilityPolice ReformPolicing (South Asia) |
Author: Patil, Sanjay
Title: Feudal Forces: Reform Delayed. Moving from Force to Service in South Asian Policing
Summary: This report provides details on the current state and pace of police reforms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the concrete steps that can be undertaken to transition policing in the region from a force to a service.
Details: New Delhi: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2008. 102p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2008
Country: Asia
URL:
Shelf Number: 117605
Keywords:
Police AccountabilityPolice ReformPolicing (South Asia) |
