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.