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Hamish Campbell, Giselle Florentino, Masha Lisitsyna, Maria Luisa Aguilar Rodriguez, and Manaka Infante
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While governments rely on police officers and other law enforcement agents to maintain order and investigate crimes, the question of who will investigate crimes allegedly committed by the police themselves remains a critical human rights issue around the globe. Despite the growth of civilian oversight programs worldwide, abuses and scandals continue.
Open Society Foundations’ global study Who Polices the Police? reflects the experiences of agencies conducting criminal investigations of state agents in fifteen jurisdictions.
Latin American and Caribbean civil society has advocated for the establishment of specialized mechanisms to more effectively supervise, investigate, and sanction police misconduct. This conversation, with speakers from civil society and a state investigative agency, will examine efforts in Brazil, Jamaica, and Mexico, highlighting civil society‘s role in creating new mechanisms and exploring advances and challenges in working toward greater police accountability.
Speakers
Hamish Campbell
Speaker
Hamish Campbell is assistant commissioner of the Independent Commission of Investigations in Jamaica.
Giselle Florentino
Speaker
Giselle Florentino is an executive coordinator of Iniciativa Direito à Memória e Justiça Racial in Brazil.
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