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Harare Resolution on the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation
Organisation (SARPCCO) Code of Conduct for Police Officials. Article 1 of the
SARPCCO states that “In the performance of their duties, police officials shall respect
and promote human dignity and maintain and uphold all human rights for all persons”.
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Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (General Assembly Resolution 34/169
of 17 December 1979);
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UN Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under any form of Detention or
Imprisonment;
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UN Basic Principles for the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials;
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UN Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners;
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the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966;
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1966;
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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of
1965; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of
1979;
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of
Punishment of 1984;
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Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989; and
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Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power of
1985.
A United Nations report3 on the quantification of the costs of political violence identifies the
following as economic losses:
immediate injuries such as fractures and hemorrhaging, and long-term physical
conditions (e.g. gastrointestinal, central nervous system disorders, chronic pain);
mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, attempted
suicide;
3
Bott et al., 2005; TC-TAT, 2008; UN General Assembly, 2006; Walby, 2004
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