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SUMMARY:Policing with Human Rights - promoting peaceful and inclusive soci
 eties - Christof Heyns\, Member of the UN Human Rights Committee &amp\; fo
 rmer UN Special Rapporteur on summary executions\, Anneke Osse\, Consultan
 t on policing and human rights\, Stuart Maslen Honorary Professor\, Facult
 y of Law (University of Pretoria)  
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CONTACT:Romy Schirrmeister
DESCRIPTION:This CGHR panel discussion brings international experts from t
 he United Nations into conversation with academics based in Cambridge and 
 elsewhere to explore the role of police\, the act of policing\, and the Su
 stainable Development Goals (SDG). \n\nThe police play a vital role in pro
 tecting and promoting a wide range of human rights in contemporary societi
 es. The expansiveness of their role combined with their very direct engage
 ment with the public gives way to unique tensions\; it signifies that poli
 ce in one instance are called to act as state agents whose very actions ei
 ther tangibly respect or fail to respect an individuals’ rights while in
  another\, they can act as the state’s first line of defence in protecti
 ng rights from violations.\n\nIn certain circumstances\, protecting the ri
 ghts of some can interfere with the rights of others\, only heightening th
 e controversy surrounding police and the act of policing. In some cases\, 
 the police exemplify—in an acute and visible way—the tensions festerin
 g beneath the surface of wider social interactions\; in other cases\, they
  may create their own\, specific challenges. The use of force by the polic
 e brings these challenges into stark relief. The most widely recognized us
 e of force is their use of lethal force\, but force can also be lower-leve
 l invasions of personal privacy such as “stop and search”. Are these p
 ractices necessary? Do they facilitate or impede peace and inclusion?\n\nI
 n light of these challenges among others\, the global community committed 
 in 2015\, through SDG 16\, to significantly reduce the levels of violence 
 in society. Thus\, the CGHR has arranged this panel of experts to discuss 
 the extent to which the police are both an important ally and target of su
 stainable development given existent problems and tensions. The SDGs empha
 sise the importance of providing access to justice and building accountabl
 e and inclusive institutions at all levels\, but what are the existing cha
 llenges—especially those surrounding use of force—and how can they be 
 addressed so goals such as those laid out in the SDGs can become a reality
 ? \n\n*Speakers*\n\n*Christof Heyns* is a member of the UN Human Rights Co
 mmittee and Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Pretoria\, 
 where he directs the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Af
 rica. From 2010-2016 he served as UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial\,
  summary or arbitrary executions\, and in 2016 he also served as Chair of 
 the UN Independent Investigation into Burundi.\n\n*Anneke Osse* is an inde
 pendent consultant who has worked around the world on issues of policing a
 nd human rights. She has worked as a consultant for a range of organizatio
 ns\, including the UN\, OSCE\, international NGOs as well as for the polic
 e. She was recently the lead author of the Resource Book on the Use of For
 ce and Firearms in Law Enforcement (2017) published jointly by the UN Offi
 ce of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Office on Drugs an
 d Crime. She is in the exploratory stages of a new international collabora
 tion aimed at monitoring the use of lethal force by police officers around
  the world.\n\n*Stuart Maslen* is an Honorary Professor at the University 
 of Pretoria\, and specialises in the use of force under international law.
  He holds a doctorate in international humanitarian law as well as master
 ’s degrees in international human rights law and in forensic ballistics.
  He recently co-authored a commentary on the Arms Trade Treaty\, published
  by OUP in 2016\, and on police use of force under international law\, pub
 lished by Cambridge University Press in 2017. \n
LOCATION: Room SG1\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, C
 B3 9DT
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