Following a third night of riots and protests across France over the police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said it was time for the country to reckon with its history of racism in policing.
Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed grave concern over the deaths early last month of two young Black men in the United States, at the hands of police officers.
Civic space is shrinking, together with a rise in human rights violations during peaceful protests worldwide, while governments adopt an increasingly militarised approach to policing demonstrations, said an independent UN human rights expert on Monday.
Expressing alarm over “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide”, more than 40 UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for an end to the violence, urging Governments to promote dialogue, tolerance and diversity.
Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to end police violence and address systemic racism and racial discrimination.
Improving the lives of people in countries emerging from conflict is the goal of police officers serving at UN peacekeeping operations around the world.
That’s the assessment of Luís Carrilho, the man who heads the organization’s Police Division, which is hosting the two-day UN Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in New York.
More than 11,000 officers from 89 countries currently serve at UN missions.
After 14 years of serving in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), an official farewell ceremony was held on Tuesday in the capital, Monrovia, to honour the last departing Police and Military personnel serving there.
“Building peace” and “bringing hope” are at the core of UN Police work, says the highest-ranking woman police officer serving in the UN system.
Priscilla Makotose, is Police Commissioner for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), and was appointed in March last year.
She says that professionalism, integrity, and honesty lie at the heart of the job, together with applying a “zero-tolerance” approach to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse.
When interrogating killers and other criminals, Norwegian police officers do not seek to “break down” suspects.
Rather, they gather information by using a technique that emphasizes communication and empathy.
That’s according to Nina Holm Andersen, lead investigator in the case against Anders Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in July 2011.
