The SARPCCO Code of Conduct: Taking stock and mapping out future action
The year 2011 marks ten years of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) Code of Conduct, which lays down the Southern African police forces’ own standard of policing to which they aspire. The African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), in partnership with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and with funding support from the United Kingdom Department for International Development, hosted a workshop to discuss the application of the Code of Conduct and explore means to deepen its implementation.
Specifically, the objectives for the workshop were to:
-
Promote awareness of the Code of Conduct
- Disseminate and discuss tools for monitoring the Code
- Discuss strategies to monitor compliance with the Code and encourage its implementation
- Identify lessons learnt in the development and application of the Code of Conduct that are relevant to the development of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) code of conduct
- Encourage networking and collaboration among stakeholders in the region
This report reflects the proceedings of the workshop. Representatives from all SARPCCO countries were invited, but unfortunately there were no attendees from Botswana, Swaziland, Angola or Mauritius.
Edited and compiled by: Sean Tait, Cheryl Frank, Irene Ndung’u and Timothy Walker
This publication was made possible through core funding provided to the ISS by the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden
