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Using zero rupee notes to protest prevalence of bribery in public service sectors

The Anti Corruption movement, 5th Pillar recently began distributing “Zero Rupee” notes to Indian citizens to give to any civil servant they come across that asks for a bribe. Corruption in the form of bribery is commonplace in India particularly in Chennai where the campaign began, and the Zero Rupee Note serves as a protest of this trend. 

Using a comprehensive training approach to persuade police officers to transform their relationships with communities

Police brutality and torture are widespread in Brazil. What makes the problem worse is the fact that police officers are poorly paid and corruption is rampant.

Training police officers to teach law to adolescents in order to improve communication and understanding between these two group

The population of Kyrgyzstan often has had a negative attitude toward the police force.  This has been connected with the sometimes high levels of human rights violations by law enforcement personnel and with their lack of interaction with the general population in the protection of public order.  Often, according to Public Foundation, this fear and distrust of police officers is based on second-hand information or is due to a lack of understanding of the police force’s role in the community.  

Creating a public forum where the police and ordinary citizens can work together to resolve grievances

The CLEEN Foundation, formally Centre for Law Enforcement Education in Nigeria, created public forums where citizens and police can discuss concerns and grievances regarding crime and police conduct.

Pairing police with refugees and migrants to develop understanding and reduce discrimination

In 1999, the International Centre for Cultures and Languages (Internationales Zentrum für Kulturen und Sprachen) in Austria developed a program that pairs police officers with an immigrant or refugee to foster positive relations between the police force and the foreign-born population. While educating the officers about citizens who they may have held negative stereotypes about, this program also gives the refugees and immigrants an opportunity to communicate with the officers about racial profiling and other racial issues.

Using videotaped prosecution of policemen for human rights violations as an education tool

The Turkey Police Academy uses videotaped prosecution of policemen for human rights violations to teach police academy candidates about the consequences of violating human rights.  This tactic was used as part of a larger strategy in police academy human rights education for police candidates to incorporate the understanding, value and use of investigation and interrogation procedures that do not violate the human rights of the accused. Turkey is working to eradicate the practice of police in higher authority misusing their positions and actually being promoted to higher rank for doing so.

Monitoring police conduct through personal observation

Copwatch sends teams of volunteers into the community to monitor police activities and report on incidents of misconduct. The organization was founded in Berkeley, California, with the goal of ‘reducing police harassment and brutality’ and ‘upholding Berkeley’s tradition of tolerance and diversity.’

Developing a law enforcement network to promote professionalism and network rights among themselves

The Liberia National Law Enforcement Association (LINLEA) in Liberia was founded in May 1994 to promote professionalism and human rights among law enforcement personnel themse

Promoting community policing through computer-based training

Responding to accounts of police brutality and human rights violations, Forum-Asia promotes community policing in Thailand by providing training to Thailand’s Royal Police Force through a computer-based training. The specialized training program, supported by the leadership in the RPF, tactically focuses on practical behavioral skills and professionalism to promote human rights in policing. Their goal is to improve the conduct of police officers to conform to international human rights standards, and to promote a community-oriented perspective on policing, accountability, and transparence, as well as to establish a long-term relationship with the community. While human rights based training has been ineffective in the past due to a number of reasons including the fact that it has been mainly theoretical in nature, has been based on the perspective of civil society as opposed to the police, and has not been incorporated into practical training, the program focuses on practical behavioral skills and professionalism that meet the needs of the police officers while promoting human rights.