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This list of links contains a selection of web sites maintained by police services, governments or other organisations and those that contain reports of significance to policing.
It is produced for convenience and easy use. It is not a definitive list. There are many other web sites and reports that are far too numerous to list here.
Many of these sites also contain their own list of links that can be used as an aid to further research.
Please note. In using these links you will leave this web site and go to external sites. Responsibility for the data on these lies with the publisher of each respective web site.
Police Service, Government and similar
Click | Association of Police and Crime Commissioners [APCC] (UK)
Click | College of Policing (UK)
Click | College of Policing – Research and Development
Click | Government (UK) - Policing Research and Analysis
Click | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary [HMIC] (UK)
Click | Home Office (UK)
Click | Home Office (UK) – Crime Prevention
Click | Home Office (UK) – Crime Reduction [Archived Material]
Click | Home Office (UK) – Police and Crime Commissioners
Click | Home Office (UK) – Policing
Click | Home Office (UK) Police Reform and Transformation Board - NPCC information
Click | Home Office (UK) Police Reform and Transformation Board - APCC information
Click | Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland (UK) (Report)
Click | Independent Office for Police Conduct (UK)
Click | National Police Chiefs’ Council (UK)
Click | Office for National Statistics (UK) – Publications related to crime and justice
Click | Police Service (UK) - Index page for all UK police and related services
Click | Police Federation of England and Wales (UK)
Click | Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (UK)
Click | Police Service of Northern Ireland (UK)
Click | Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales (UK)
For thought...
Before being tried, they were held for more than two months, during which the children, like most of the others, were reportedly tortured to confess.
From an Amnesty International appeal [Source 10]
Non Police Service, International, Government and similar
Click | African Union (AU)
Click | Amnesty International (AI)
Click | Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT)
Click | Bayefsky – Searchable database of United Nations Treaty Series
Click | Council of Europe (Main portal)
Click | Council of Europe – Criminal Law Cooperation (Portal)
Click | Council of Europe – Police Capacity Building
Click | The Damilola Taylor Trust
Click | European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
Click | European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
Click | European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) – HUDOC Case Search
Click | Human Rights Watch
Click | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Click | Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission
Click | Organisation of American States (OAS)
Click | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Click | Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI)
Click | United Nations (UN)
Click | United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations (UN DPKO)
Click | United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR)
Click | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Click | University of Essex – Human Rights Centre
Click | University of Minnesota – Human Rights Library
For thought...
Pressure to convict: There is a rising fear in society at large about crime levels and poorly paid and inadequately trained and resourced police are under intense pressure to solve crimes.
From an Amnesty International appeal [Source 11]
Reports of specific interest or relevance
Click | 10 Basic Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement Officials – Amnesty International (Various languages)
Click | 12-Point Guide for Good Practice in the Training and Education for Human Rights of Government Officials - Amnesty International (Various languages)
Click | 12-Point Program for the Prevention of Torture by Agents of the State - Amnesty International (Various languages)
Click | 14-Point Program for the Prevention of "Disappearances" - Amnesty International (English & Spanish)
Click | 14-point Program for the Prevention of Extrajudicial Executions - Amnesty International (English & Spanish)
Click | 15-Point Program for Implementing Human Rights in International Peace-keeping Operations - Amnesty International (Various languages)
Click | Amnesty International, Bibliography: Police and Human Rights Training
Click | Afghanistan – Police reconstruction essential for the protection of human rights – Amnesty International [Published 12 March 2003] (Various languages)
Click | Capacity Building of the Law Enforcement Agencies for Appropriate Treatment of Detained and Sentenced Persons – Council of Europe Report and Training Document, October 2014
Click | Code of Ethics (UK) [July 2014]
Click | Combating Torture: a manual for judges and prosecutors - University of Essex, Human Rights Centre
Click | Guns and Police: Standards to Prevent Misuse - Amnesty International [23.02.2004] (Various languages)
Click | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (UK) – Index page for all publications
Click | Police and Security Forces: A new interest for human rights and humanitarian law – Cees de Rover, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Review of the Red Cross no. 835, p. 637-647, 29.09.1999
Click | Home Office (UK) - Publications, Research Development Statistics (wide range of documents in several different categories) [Archive]
Click | Medical Investigation and Documentation of Torture: a handbook for healthcare professionals
Click | Policing to protect human rights: A survey of police practice in countries of the Southern African Development Community, 1997-2002 - Amnesty International
Click | (The) Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. (The Patten Report) (UK)
Click | Reporting Killings as Human Rights Violations - University of Essex, Human Rights Centre
Click | Torture Reporting Handbook – University of Essex, Human Rights Centre
Click | Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) (UK) – Research & Learning
Click | Guidebook to Democratic Policing – OSCE (2007) (Various languages)
Click | Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Click | Police Integrity – securing and maintaining public confidence - [Report], H M Inspectorate of Constabulary UK
Click | Police Integrity – securing and maintaining public confidence - [Report], H M Inspectorate of Constabulary UK – Appendix A
Click | A brief introduction to investigative interviewing: A practitioner’s guide; Promoting shared principles and professional standards in European policing - Council of Europe October 2018
Click | Review of shootings by police in England and Wales from 1998 to 2001 - Police Complaints Authority
Click | Review of Taser complaints and incidents 2004-2013 – IPCC
Many other very useful publications can easily be identified and located by careful Internet searches.
Necessarily, I have to be selective. There are, of course, a wide variety of other web sites available, providing information from police services, governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, human rights groups, universities, ombudsmen, libraries and many other similar sources. I will always consider suggestions for links that could be added.
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