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Police Violence: Accountability, Institutional Cultures and Gender

Workshop

Date:
Location:
Online meeting (CET/GMT+1 time zone)
Organized by:
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), UN Women, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Source:
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Fields of work:
Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality

About

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), UN Women and the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) will host an online panel discussion focusing on some of the main issues related to police violence. The discussion will look to provide good practices for a transformative notion of policing.

Why it is important

In recent months, numerous incidents of police violence exposed globally have been met with popular outrage and demands for structural reforms of police forces. While police violence is a multi-faceted phenomenon and often context-based, common features can be found across institutional cultures that do employ excessive or disproportionate use of force.

As outlined in the DCAF, OSCE/ODIHR and UN Women Tool 2 on Policing and Gender - from the Gender and Security Toolkit -, respectful and inclusive policing culture values gender diversity as well as diversity of age, ethnicity, race, religion, region, class and other identity markers.

The event

The online panel will be held in English, French, Russian, Spanish. It will be hosted on Zoom and will last for 1,5 hours.

Registration

Those interested can register here: https://unwomen.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BcmII6ZnSJ2MvNqbCP8Qeg.

Resources

Content

Event Flyer

DateDate 26 November 2020

Contact

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OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

Ul. Miodowa 10
00-251 Warsaw
Poland

Phone: +48 22 520 06 00
Email: office@odihr.pl

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