Policing must be based on human rights
Police services exist to uphold the rule of law. They can only do so if their policing model is based on protection of human rights.
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David Martín Abánades
David Martín Abánades, local police inspector in Fuenlabrada in Spain, is author of the Council of Europe manual on community policing, produced as part of its Intercultural Cities programme, which promotes interculturalism as a policy model for managing diversity as a strength rather than a threat.