Speaking about this Inspector General of Police (Western Range) Pratap Reddy, after inaugurating a one-day workshop on 'Human Rights Advocacy' organised by Department of Political Science, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), here on Wednesday, said that the country followed an anarchic and outdated police Act, with third-world weaponry and infrastructure.
“The police and legal system in our country is delivering, but it is also true that they can do much better. Unless you start demanding for the kind of policing you want in the society, you cannot expect proper advocacy of human rights, and ensuring human rights will remain a far reality,” he said.
Talking on the problems faced by the policing institution in the country, he said that the police in India undergo a huge dilemma regarding the advocacy of human rights. Human rights are common everywhere, but their implementation differs and changes from place to place with cultural needs and faiths. There are lot of irregularities happening in the police system, which faces huge institutional limitations which restrict the police officers from delivering. It is a difficult aspiration that the police are thought of as instant providers of justice,” he said, adding that the police need not be always looked at as adversaries.
For the police institution, the adversary relationship is extremely detrimental. These institutions need to be nurtured to deliver and perform better, he said.
Delivering the presidential address, principal of the college Fr Swebert D'Silva said that the advocacy of human rights was a difficult task where one had to face the consequences. Talking on the menace of drugs, he said that there was not enough push by the police to prevent youngsters from getting into the habit.
Specialist on criminology and criminal justice, Dr Vivian B Lord from University of North Carolina, USA spoke on secondary victimization by the criminal justice system pertaining to collection of evidence and women victims' reluctance to report it to the police.
Head of Department of Political Science Dr Rose Veera D'Souza delivered the welcome address. Fr Francis D'Almeida, Dr Ronald Nazareth, Judy Pinto and others were present on the occasion.
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