Resources

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Police Policy Note

International Crisis Group Reports on Police Reforms: Bangladesh No 182

Draft Police ordinance 2007

GTZ & ICRC: International Conference on Gender, International Human Rights Law and Community Based Policing: Report

India

Human Rights Watch: Broken Policing

Selvi and Ors. v/s State of Karnataka- Narcoanalysis judgement

Padmanabhaiah Committee recommendations

Punjab Police Strategic Plan

Rajasthan Police Strategic Plan

Riberio Committee recommendations

A.R Antulay v/s R.S Naik- SC guidelines on the right to fair trial

D.K Basu v/s State of Bengal- SC Guidelines on arrest and rights of person in police custody

Maldives

Police Act 2008

2008 Functional English translation of the Maldivian Constitution

Maldives Police Service Charter

Act No: 5/78 Maldives- procedure to follow in detaining or arresting persons for a duration of more than 7 days.

Pakistan

Punjab Police Act 2010 Draft

International Crisis Group Reports on Police Reforms: Pakistan No. 157

Police Organisations in Pakistan

CHRI & SHEHRI CBE: 101 Things You Wanted To Know About The Police But Were Too Afraid To Ask (English only)

Sri Lanka

Asian Human Rights Commission: The Phantom Limb

Asian Human Rights Commission: An X-ray of the Sri Lankan policing system & torture of the poor

The Phantom Limb
Failing Judicial Systems, Torture and Human Rights Work in Sri Lanka
A Study of Police Torture in Sri Lanka by Morten Koch Andersen And Basil Fernando

Recovering the authority of public institutions: A resource book on law and human rights in Sri Lanka
By Basil Fernando, Asian Human Rights Commission 2009

Sri Lanka: Impunity, Criminal Justice and Human Rights
By Basil Fernando, Asian Human Rights Commission 2010

IN PURSUIT OF “ABSOLUTE INTEGRITY” Identifying Causes for Police Corruption in Sri Lanka
A Research Study conducted by TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SRI LANKA

For more human rights case laws, acts and publication please visit http://www.ruleoflawsrilanka.org

South Asian Region-wide

Feudal Forces: Reform Delayed - Moving from Force to Service in South Asian Policing (2008)

Feudal Forces: Democratic Nations - Police Accountability in Commonwealth South Asia (2007)

Regional Roundtable Conference On Police Reforms in South Asia - Role Of Civil Society, New Delhi - India, October 31 - November 01, 2009

Roundtable Conference on Police Reform- An Exchange of Experiences from South Asia, New Delhi - India, March 2007

 

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