A New Police Act for Goa
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has promised to pass a new Police Bill for the State by March next year. On the one hand, this is welcome and on the other very worrying news. It is good that after resistance and delays the government is making some moves in that direction.
A case for Police Reform
In a city where almost everyone feels unsafe, as much from miscreants as from the police, wall-to-wall media coverage of the brutal gang rape in a bus has obliged the men in uniform to give an account of what has been done to improve women’s safety.
"Asking for it" - Delhi police blame rape on the victims
A recent sting exposé in an Indian magazine,Tehelka, well-known for its investigative journalism, showed police officials in New Delhi, blaming rape on the victims.
Police violations under international review: From sugar-coating to the untruth
Bangladesh’s human rights record was put under the spotlight recently when it came before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva on 29 April 2013.
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Ms. Wilhelmina (Mina) Mensah
Ms. Wilhelmina (Mina) Mensah is Head of the CHRI Africa Office and is responsible for implementing all policies and programmes of CHRI as pertains to the Africa Commonwealth and the decisions taken by the Executive Committee.She can be reached at mina@humanrightsinitiative.
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Police Reforms : Pakistan
Overview Under the 1973 Constitutional framework, policing is treated as a provincial subject in Pakistan. Each of its four provinces – Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh – has its own civilian police force with jurisdiction extending only to their own territory.
Police Reforms : The Maldives
Overview Until 2004, the police in the Maldives functioned as a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Defence and National Security.