The Police and International Human Rights Law

1 Introduction: The Police, a Key Actor in Human Rights Protection by Ralf Alleweldt and Guido Fickenscher.- 2 Police and Human Rights: Fundamental Questions by Ralph Crawshaw.- 3 The Police and the Prohibition of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by Inna G. Garanina.- 4 The Police and the Right to Life by Robert Esser.- 5 Command Responsibility and the Use of Force by the Police by Anja Bienert.- 6 Effective Investigation of Alleged Police Human Rights Abuse: Combating Impunity by Graham Smith.- 7 The Deprivation of Liberty by the Police. International Parameters and the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights by Francesc Guillén Lasierra.- 8 Police Powers and Criminal Investigations by Jim Murdoch.- 9 Surveillance Powers of the Police and the Protection of Personal Data by Dieter Kugelmann and Christina Kosin.- 10 The Protection Against Crime as a Human Right: Positive Obligations of the Police by Dimitris Xenos.- 11 The Police and the Human Right to Peaceful Assembly by Kai Siegert.- 12 United Nations Police Missions and Human Rights by Judith Thorn.- 13 Police Training and International Human Rights Standards by Walter Suntinger.- 14 The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and its work with the Police by Wolfgang S. Heinz.- 15 The Police and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture of the United Nations. National Preventive Mechanisms by Aneta Stanchevska.

Prof. Ralf Alleweldt teaches constitutional Law and European Law
Prof. Guido Fickenscher teaches criminal procedure and law of the police at the Brandenburg University of Applied Police Sciences