Essential texts on human rights for the police : a compilation of international instruments / / edited by Ralph Crawshaw, Leif Holmström.

• Superior document: Raoul Wallenberg Institute professional guides to human rights ; v. 8
• Author: Human Rights Information Centre.
• TeilnehmendeR: Crawshaw, Ralph.; Holmström, Leif, 1948-; Human Rights Information Centre.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 2nd rev. ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Raoul Wallenberg Institute professional guides to human rights ; v. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (532 p.)
• Notes: "In cooperation with Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, United Kingdom."

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 1. Introduction to Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Universal Treaties / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 6. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 7. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 8. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 10. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 11. Convention on the Rights of the Child / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 12. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 13. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 14. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 15. Article 3 Common to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 16. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 1. Introduction to Regional Treaties / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 2. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 3. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples Rights / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 4. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 5. American Convention on Human Rights "Pact of San Jose, Costa Rica" / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 6. Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 7. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 8. Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström -- 9. European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment / Ralph Crawshaw and Leif Holmström.