On the margins of the 31st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), CTI is organizing an online side-event on ‘Achieving human rights-based Police Reform’ to launch its Practical Resource Tool for Professional, Human Rights-compliant Policing developed in partnership with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
During the side-event – sponsored by Denmark, Fiji, and Morocco – CTI and UNODC will present the first three resource notes of the Resource Toolkit for Professional, Human rights-compliant Policing, a practical orientation on how to effectively implement existing international law and human rights standards in policing and law enforcement activities and reduce the risks of torture and other ill-treatment.
Despite a large volume of international, regional, and national handbooks, guidelines, and other tools on best police practices, resources on applicable human rights law and standards for the various aspects of policing are still limited. In this light, CTI’s Resource Toolkit for Professional, Human rights-compliant Policing, aims to close this gap and to provide an overview of applicable human rights law and standards as well as good practice examples to inform human rights-based police reform.
Opening remarks:
H.E. Azzedine Farhane, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco, Austria
Panel discussion:
Ms. Stephanie Selg, Senior Adviser of the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI)
Dr. Melissa Jardine, former Australian police officer and international policing consultant with UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Section
Mr. Ahmed Ait Taleb, Contrôleur Général of the General Directorate of National Security of the Kingdom of Morocco
Closing remarks:
H.E. René Rosager Dinesen, Ambassador of Denmark, Austria
Moderated by Mr. John Brandolino, Director Division for Treaty Affairs
The side event aims to:
- Present the project and launch the first three Resource Notes of the Toolkit;
- Highlight the added value of the Resource Toolkit for law enforcement officers of all ranks, from decision-makers, superintendents and commissioners’ levels, directors of national police academies, as well as lawmakers, policymakers and other government officials in charge of developing and reforming national laws, policies, programmes and practices related to the promotion of human rights-based policing;
- Discuss applicable human rights standards and promising practices for selected aspects of policing, such as stop and search procedures, arrest and police custody.