Campaign for the Voiceless Observes Police Station Visitation Week 18 – 24 October, 2010
Campaign for the Voiceless together with other human rights organisations undertakes a Police Station Visitation Week 18th – 24th October, 2010. The Police Station Visitors Week (PSVW) has become an annual program organised by Altus Global Alliance of which CLEEN Foundation is a founding member.
Speaking on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation’s (SLBC) Tea-break programme on Monday 18th October, the Programme Coordinator of Campaign for the Voiceless noted that his organization has been selected in Sierra Leone by CLEEN Foundation to participate in this year’s visitation event. According to the Programme Coordinator, “the visit is aimed at getting members of the public to visit their local police stations and assess them using a simple assessment tool, which contains 20 questions spread across 5 broad areas namely; community orientation, physical conditions, equal treatment of the public, transparency and accountability and detention conditions”. According to him, the visitors will be recruited in the districts where the police stations are located and are grouped into teams of 2 to 4 persons. There is consideration of gender representation and therefore there will be a minimum of 30% representation for women as part of the visiting team. The Director of the organization, Julius Kandeh Kanu noted that the “team leaders are tasked with the responsibility of coordinating the visits and writing a detailed comprehensible narrative report”. He said that while his organization works to achieve respect for human rights of our society’s most vulnerable groups such as our women, youths and children he believes that helping the Sierra Leone Police achieve its dream of becoming a ‘Force for Good’ and a friendly organization which the people of Sierra Leone can trust is one strategic goal of his organization. He stated that at the end of the visit a report would be produced which will highlight some of the successes and innovations introduced by the SLP in its reform process as well some of its challenges and recommendations that could add value to the on-going reform process in the SLP.
The Programme Coordinator noted that even though his organization is participating for the first time in this annual event, a total of 20 police stations will be covered this year across the entire country which will give a snap shot of the work of the SLP in the identified police stations in all regions of the country.
Internationally this year, the visit is expected to take place in the following countries:
Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Kenya, Liberia and Ghana.
Since its establishment in 2006, Campaign for the Voiceless (CAMPVO) has been working to strengthen law enforcement institutions and civil society and to promote public safety, security and accessible justice through empirical research legislative advocacy, demonstration programmes and publications in partnership with government and civil society.
It advocates respect for democratic practice, human rights and the rule of law in addition to providing human rights education and training, conducting research and advocacy on major rights justice, and security issues. This year’s Police Station Visitor’s Week will mark another of the organiation’s efforts in helping to rebrand the SLP as well as contribute to identifying some lapses in its performance.
Campaign for the Voiceless together with other human rights organisations undertakes a Police Station Visitation Week 18th – 24th October, 2010. The Police Station Visitors Week (PSVW) has become an annual program organised by Altus Global Alliance of which CLEEN Foundation is a founding member.
Speaking on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation’s (SLBC) Tea-break programme on Monday 18th October, the Programme Coordinator of Campaign for the Voiceless noted that his organization has been selected in Sierra Leone by CLEEN Foundation to participate in this year’s visitation event. According to the Programme Coordinator, “the visit is aimed at getting members of the public to visit their local police stations and assess them using a simple assessment tool, which contains 20 questions spread across 5 broad areas namely; community orientation, physical conditions, equal treatment of the public, transparency and accountability and detention conditions”. According to him, the visitors will be recruited in the districts where the police stations are located and are grouped into teams of 2 to 4 persons. There is consideration of gender representation and therefore there will be a minimum of 30% representation for women as part of the visiting team. The Director of the organization, Julius Kandeh Kanu noted that the “team leaders are tasked with the responsibility of coordinating the visits and writing a detailed comprehensible narrative report”. He said that while his organization works to achieve respect for human rights of our society’s most vulnerable groups such as our women, youths and children he believes that helping the Sierra Leone Police achieve its dream of becoming a ‘Force for Good’ and a friendly organization which the people of Sierra Leone can trust is one strategic goal of his organization. He stated that at the end of the visit a report would be produced which will highlight some of the successes and innovations introduced by the SLP in its reform process as well some of its challenges and recommendations that could add value to the on-going reform process in the SLP.
The Programme Coordinator noted that even though his organization is participating for the first time in this annual event, a total of 20 police stations will be covered this year across the entire country which will give a snap shot of the work of the SLP in the identified police stations in all regions of the country.
Internationally this year, the visit is expected to take place in the following countries:
Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Kenya, Liberia and Ghana.
Since its establishment in 2006, Campaign for the Voiceless (CAMPVO) has been working to strengthen law enforcement institutions and civil society and to promote public safety, security and accessible justice through empirical research legislative advocacy, demonstration programmes and publications in partnership with government and civil society.
It advocates respect for democratic practice, human rights and the rule of law in addition to providing human rights education and training, conducting research and advocacy on major rights justice, and security issues. This year’s Police Station Visitor’s Week will mark another of the organiation’s efforts in helping to rebrand the SLP as well as contribute to identifying some lapses in its performance.
Campaign for the Voiceless together with other human rights organisations undertakes a Police Station Visitation Week 18th – 24th October, 2010. The Police Station Visitors Week (PSVW) has become an annual program organised by Altus Global Alliance of which CLEEN Foundation is a founding member.
Speaking on the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation’s (SLBC) Tea-break programme on Monday 18th October, the Programme Coordinator of Campaign for the Voiceless noted that his organization has been selected in Sierra Leone by CLEEN Foundation to participate in this year’s visitation event. According to the Programme Coordinator, “the visit is aimed at getting members of the public to visit their local police stations and assess them using a simple assessment tool, which contains 20 questions spread across 5 broad areas namely; community orientation, physical conditions, equal treatment of the public, transparency and accountability and detention conditions”. According to him, the visitors will be recruited in the districts where the police stations are located and are grouped into teams of 2 to 4 persons. There is consideration of gender representation and therefore there will be a minimum of 30% representation for women as part of the visiting team. The Director of the organization, Julius Kandeh Kanu noted that the “team leaders are tasked with the responsibility of coordinating the visits and writing a detailed comprehensible narrative report”. He said that while his organization works to achieve respect for human rights of our society’s most vulnerable groups such as our women, youths and children he believes that helping the Sierra Leone Police achieve its dream of becoming a ‘Force for Good’ and a friendly organization which the people of Sierra Leone can trust is one strategic goal of his organization. He stated that at the end of the visit a report would be produced which will highlight some of the successes and innovations introduced by the SLP in its reform process as well some of its challenges and recommendations that could add value to the on-going reform process in the SLP.
The Programme Coordinator noted that even though his organization is participating for the first time in this annual event, a total of 20 police stations will be covered this year across the entire country which will give a snap shot of the work of the SLP in the identified police stations in all regions of the country.
Internationally this year, the visit is expected to take place in the following countries:
Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria, Benin, Niger, Kenya, Liberia and Ghana.
Since its establishment in 2006, Campaign for the Voiceless (CAMPVO) has been working to strengthen law enforcement institutions and civil society and to promote public safety, security and accessible justice through empirical research legislative advocacy, demonstration programmes and publications in partnership with government and civil society.
It advocates respect for democratic practice, human rights and the rule of law in addition to providing human rights education and training, conducting research and advocacy on major rights justice, and security issues. This year’s Police Station Visitor’s Week will mark another of the organiation’s efforts in helping to rebrand the SLP as well as contribute to identifying some lapses in its performance.
Mohamed Turay, Programme Coordinator, Campaign for the Voiceless
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