Policy Watch: The path for Indian torture legislation
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Policy Watch: The path for Indian torture legislation: Where are we now and where should we go?
Kaviesh Kinger writes, the lathi has become a symbol synonymous with the police force in India, where everyday discourse has normalised and accepted the state-sanctioned use of violence.
India’s National Crime Records Bureau reported that not a single officer has been convicted for custodial deaths since 2011, while over 860 cases were recorded in this period.
India remains one of the only major democracies in the world that has still not ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, the standard in global torture legislation. No independent authority exists under India to investigate incidents of torture, unlike in other countries.
But combining formal legal approaches such as ratifying torture conventions and addressing training and infrastructure disparities in policy alone fall short. Pairing these with informal justice mechanisms like community policing ensure law enforcement remains both in tune with the local needs of the community (especially marginalised groups) and committed to serving the people.
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