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Protect the right to protest at IMARC protests in 2022
Dear the Hon Lisa Neville MP, Minister for Police, Amnesty International documented evidence of Victorian police misusing batons at a protest against the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) in 2019. Batons and similar striking weapons can have a legitimate use in law enforcement if employed correctly and in line with international standards. However they should be used as sparingly as possible, only against violent individuals posing significant risks to themselves or others, and in a way that does not cause considerable injury. The incidents evidenced by Amnesty International in Victoria, of police striking people with batons on the head and neck, bears the inherent risk of serious, potentially life-threatening injury. Such use should, as a rule, be prohibited, in accordance with the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials We call on police, particularly at protests against IMARC between 31 January and 2 February 2022, to: Effectively and robustly implement the UN Basic Principles, including by refraining from using force in a way that could cause considerable injury, such as strikes to the head and neck with batons, Ensure that Victorian police are properly trained in the policing of assemblies in a human-rights-compliant manner, enabling them to fulfil their duty to facilitate the enjoyment of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, Ensure that all incidents of human rights violations perpetrated by police are thoroughly, effectively and independently investigated.
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