ESSENTIAL CASES ON HUMAN RIGHTSFOR THE POLICE; Table of Contents; PREFACE; PART I General Introduction; 1. Introduction to Essential Cases on Human Rights for the Police; A. OUTLINE OF THE SCOPE AND CONTENTS; B. PRINCIPLE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION; C. RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE REMEDY AND THE REQUIREMENT TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS; D. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCEDURES; (a) Human Rights Committee; (b) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; (c) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; (d) Committee against Torture. (E) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention(f) International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; (g) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; (h) Committee on Freedom of Association; (i) African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; (j) Inter-American Court of Human Rights; (k) European Court of Human Rights; E. HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLICING; PART II Police Powers and Respect for Human Rights; 1. Introduction to Police Powers and Respect for Human Rights; 2. Right to Life; A. INTRODUCTION; B. REVIEW OF CASES; (a) Human Rights Committee; (b) Committee on Freedom of Association. (C) African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights(d) Inter-American Court of Human Rights; (e) European Court of Human Rights; C. CASE SUMMARIES; (a) María Fanny Suárez de Guerrero v. Colombia (Human Rights Committee); (b) Case No. 1761 (Colombia) (Committee on Freedom of Association); (c) Velásquez Rodrígues case (Honduras) (Inter-American Court of Human Rights); (d) McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom (European Court of Human Rights); (e) Mahmut Kaya v. Turkey (European Court of Human Rights); (f) Nachova and Others v. Bulgaria (European Court of Human Rights). 3. Prohibition of TortureA. INTRODUCTION; B. REVIEW OF CASES; (a) Human Rights Committee; (b) Committee against Torture; (c) Committee on Freedom of Association; (d) African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights; (e) Inter-American Court of Human Rights; (f) European Court of Human Rights; C. CASE SUMMARIES; (a) Hugo Rodríguez v. Uruguay (Human Rights Committee); (b) Albert Womah Mukong v. Cameroon (Human Rights Committee); (c) Celis Laureano v. Peru (Human Rights Committee); (d) Radivoje Ristic v. Yugoslavia (Committee against Torture). (E) Case No. 2005 (Central African Republic) (Committee on Freedom of Association)(f) Villagrán Morales et al. case (Guatemala), the ""street children"" case (Inter-American Court of Human Rights); (g) Cantoral Benavides case (Peru) (Inter-American Court of Human Rights); (h) Aksoy v. Turkey (European Court of Human Rights); (i) Selmouni v. France (European Court of Human Rights); 4. Right to Liberty and Security of Person; A. INTRODUCTION; B. REVIEW OF CASES; (a) Human Rights Committee; (b) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; (c) Committee on Freedom of Association

The purpose of this book is to review and summarize international cases identified as being essential for the police. The cases embody the jurisprudence of courts and bodies established under international law to secure compliance with international human rights and humanitarian standards, and they are essential for the police, and anyone seeking to understand the theory and practice of policing, because they have a direct bearing on the exercise of police powers and the performance of police functions.