Human Rights and Democracy - Official Documents

ethical policing by training in operational judgments and procedures that comply with
modern police standards.
In 2010 we helped to deliver a training package to the Somaliland and Kenyan police
forces to enable them to develop further their skills in crime scene management and
evidence-gathering techniques. This training highlights the benefits of detailed and
thorough searches as a means of gathering evidence, therefore reducing the risk of
attempting to extract confessions or force cooperation with a criminal investigation.
This strengthens the use of evidence submitted during court proceedings, thus
lowering dependence on witness confessions as a means of conviction.
The Counter Terrorism Programme fund also supports work to stop people from
becoming terrorists or supporting violent extremism, in order to reduce the risk to the
UK and its interests overseas. This work is focused directly against the narratives
and ideology exploited by terrorists for the radicalisation of particular vulnerable
groups. For example, one project aims, through events in selected schools in
Pakistan, to develop the skills of young people and their teachers to articulate the
connections between Islam and human rights. Targeted interventions such as these
are designed to increase the resilience of particularly vulnerable groups to terrorists’
ideologies, and improve their ability to challenge these arguments where they
encounter them.
Detainee package
The treatment of terrorism suspects overseas, and the UK’s involvement in their
detention and alleged mistreatment, continues to come under intense media, judicial
and parliamentary scrutiny. In order to address historic issues, and to enable the
security and intelligence agencies to focus on the crucial business of keeping the
country safe, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on 6 July a series of
measures made up of four elements:
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mediation of the civil claims brought against the Government by British
nationals and British residents who were detained at Guantanamo Bay;
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