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Reform of Police: A pre-condition for implementation of Article 2 of the ICCPR guaranteeing effective remedies for human rights violations

A CASE STUDY ON SRI LANKA

About this lesson...

The Achievement of human rights in society depends in some respects on the nature of the police existing in the country. Thus problems relating to the police must concern every one who is concerned with human rights.

This lesson suggests a way to study these problems. Using the example of one country, Sri Lanka, it attempts to give an insight into the problems affecting the police system. The same approach can be used to study the situation in other countries. What is important is to get a correct view of the actual problems. Mere teaching of human rights to police without any regard to the real situation is not likely produce positive results.