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International Federation for Human Rights Kenya Human Rights Commission Report LEGAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME FIDH - KHRC Kenya Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice I. Introduction . 5 II. Preparatory Mission: 6-10 November 2000, Nairobi. 8 III. Workshop on the Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice: 2-6 April 2001, Nairobi . 10 IV. Recommendations adopted at the KHRC-FIDH Workshop on the Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice 2 - 6 April 2001 . 16 V. Follow-up Mission of FIDH-KHRC: 13-15 November 2002, Nairobi . 19 VI. 2003: Way forward for police reform in Kenya - a new dawn? . 24 n°375/2 - November 2003 This programme benefited from the support of the European Commission (European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights), the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. Kenya Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice Summary I. Introduction . 5 1. Description of the Legal Cooperation Programme (LCP) . 5 2. Presentation of Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC). 5 3. Kenya: Historical background. 6 II. Preparatory Mission: 6-10 November 2000, Nairobi. 8 1. Meeting with donors. 8 2. Meeting with authorities. 8 3. Meeting with Standing Committee of Human Rights. 8 4. Meeting with NGOs. 9 5. Conclusion of the preparatory mission . 9 III. Workshop on the Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice: 2-6 April 2001, Nairobi . 10 1. Introduction . 10 2. General remarks . 10 3. Opening . 10 4. Workshop . 12 5. Closing ceremony . 15 6. Press coverage. 15 IV. Recommendations adopted at the KHRC-FIDH Workshop on the Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice 2 - 6 April 2001 . 16 1. To the Police: Police Control and Monitoring. 16 A. Short-term Objectives. 16 B. Long-term objectives . 16 2. Community Policing . 16 3. To the Electoral Commission . 17 4. To the Prisons Department . 17 5. On challenges ahead, freedom of expression and 2002 elections in Kenya . 18 V. Follow-up Mission of FIDH-KHRC: 13-15 November 2002, Nairobi . 19 1. Introduction . 19 2. Context of the mission . 19 3. Meeting with authorities . 19 4. Monitoring the Recommendations adopted at the KHRC-FIDH Workshop on the Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice 2 -6 April 2001. 20 I. To the Police: Police Control and Monitoring . 20 A. Short Term Objectives . 20 B. Long-term objectives . 21 II. Community Policing . 21 III. To the Electoral Commission . 21 IV. To the Prisons Department . 21 FIDH / P A G E 3 Kenya Role of the Police in the Administration of Justice V. On challenges ahead, freedom of expression and 2002 elections in Kenya . 22 5. Conclusion . 23 VI. 2003: Way forward for police reform in Kenya - a new dawn? . 24 1. The new political dawn. 24 2. Reforms on the police issue. 24 3. Initiatives of the civil society: Analysis at the KHRC-CHRI Conference, 24 -25th April, 2003 . 24 4. Proposed suggestions for police reform in Kenya . ..

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