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Monitoring and investigating excessive use of force / Amnesty International and Codesria, [Agnès Callamard (writer)].

Title
Monitoring and investigating excessive use of force / Amnesty International and Codesria, [Agnès Callamard (writer)].
Author
Callamard, Agnès
Publication
Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Amnesty International ; Dakar, Senegal : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Amnesty International. Dutch Section.
  • Codesria.
Description
49 p.; 22 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Companion to Ukweli, monitoring and documenting human rights violations in Africa
  • Excessive use of force
  • Ukweli : monitoring and documenting human rights violations in Africa
Subject
  • Arrest (Police methods)
  • Civil rights > Africa
  • Crimes against humanity > Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Human Rights Africa
  • Human rights monitoring
  • Police brutality
  • Police discretion
  • Torture > Investigation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • I. Definition and examples of excessive use of force -- II. How to monitor excessive use of force -- III. How to conduct fact-finding -- IV. How to assess information.
  • Annex 1. Key questions guiding the investigation and assessment -- 2. Principle of proportionality -- 3. Some international and regional standards -- 4. Basic principles on the use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials -- 5. Possible recommendations and actions.
ISBN
2869780907
LCCN
^^2001295562
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library