Lesson #GP07: Human Rights

This is the first part of your training in human rights. In this lesson you will learn about the basic principles of human rights. You will learn about the articles that govern the way you do your job. However this is not the end of your training. As you progress through the remainder of your course, you will be expected to apply human rights law to other subjects that you will learn about. It is essential that you make the link between the purely academic understanding of what human rights are, and the every day practicalities of the police officers job. Only then will the police be in a position to fully respect and protect human rights of all people.

The goal of this lesson is to provide the students with the essential understanding of human rights and the police implication on protecting human rights.

At the end of the lesson the participants will:

1. Identify the importance of an understanding of human rights to the police officer.
2. List the most important declaration , convention and covenants in respect of human rights.
3. Explain the meaning of the most relevant articles of the European convention on human rights.
4. In relation to these articles identify which of them is most likely to be affected by the actions of police.
5. Explain what would be considered to be human rights infringements, through examples.
6. Explain the principles of legality, proportionality and necessity in relation to human rights.