‘Training on human rights issues a must for police officials’
Karachi: The police personnel must get training on human rights issues, besides different investigation techniques must be adopted while handling the cases of honor killings. These views were expressed by speakers on Friday at a training session for police officials held at the Police Training Academy, Saeedabad.
The event was organized by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (Sparc) in which 45 police officials from two police colleges and nine police schools throughout Sindh participated.
On the occasion, DIG, Sindh Police Abdul Khalique Shaikh, conducted a session on the investigation of cases of honor killing and quoted various case studies where faulty investigations had led to acquittals of the accused. He elaborated on various investigation techniques and referred to traditional mindset of investigation officers in honor killing cases. Shaikh also emphasized on community policing methods by bringing victims and witnesses in secure positions.
Provincial Programme Manager Juvenile Justice SPARC Ghulam Madni Memon highlighted the need for such courses and said that human rights should be made part of the police training syllabus. He said that the law instructors of police academies from all over Sindh within the ranks of inspectors, sub-inspectors and assistant sub-inspectors should be trained on the topic of human rights.
Regional Manager SPARC Iqbal Detho conducted a session on basic concepts of human rights and human rights standards and practice for the police. He stated that human rights education culture has to be inculcated in courses because such irregular seminars and workshops will not solve the issue unless regular trainings and accountability for human rights is made part of the administrative action.
Training Specialist of SPARC Dr Fakhir Sohail trained the officers on how to become effective trainers by inculcating quality training skills and also conducted activities regarding community policing, particularly vulnerable groups like children.
Source: The News
Date:5/7/2011
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