Pocketbook on Human Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
The Pocketbook on Human Rights for Law Enforcement Officials forms part of the revised “Human Rights and Law Enforcement Guidance and Training Package”. Following the success of the previous edition, which was widely distributed and translated into various official United Nations languages and local languages, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has revised and restructured the Pocketbook to make it a more readily accessible and user-friendly reference tool for law enforcement officials. While the Pocketbook provides an overview of international human rights standards for law enforcement, it can also be tailored to a particular law enforcement agency’s local context. The international standards can, for example, be complemented with references to national laws, internal policies or standard operating procedures. The Pocketbook includes hundreds of point-form standards and recommendations, organized according to law enforcement duties, functions and topics.
Other components of the Guidance and Training Package include the following:
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