ACHPR CONVINES A VALIDATION MEETING ON TRAINING GUIDELINES MANUAL
24th November, 2022.
The Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance Executive Director Victor Mhango is in Lusaka, Zambia attending a two-day 2nd Meeting to validate the Training Guidelines on the use of force by Law Enforcement and Prison/Correctional Officers in Africa organised by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR).
The Training Guidelines Manual seeks to promote a rights-based approach to the use of force by law enforcement in Africa, by developing the capacity of the police and prison administration to train their personnel in the use of force that is lawful, necessary, proportionate and not discrimination of force.