Statement of Objectives This Guide, the corresponding Manual and Pocket Book, the approach contained therein and the courses offered in accordance with that approach are intended: (a) To provide information on international human rights standards relevant to the work of police; (b) To encourage the development of skills and the formulation and application of policies needed to transform that information into practical behaviour; (c) To sensitize participants to their special role in protecting and promoting human rights and to their potential for affecting human rights in their daily work; (d) To reinforce law enforcement officials’ respect for, and faith in, human dignity and fundamental human rights; (e) To encourage and reinforce an ethos of legality and of compliance with international human rights standards within law enforcement agencies; (f) To assist law enforcement agencies and individual law enforcement officials in providing effective policing through compliance with international human rights standards; (g) To equip police educators and trainers to provide human rights education and training for law enforcement officials. The intended principal beneficiaries are: (a) Police trainers and training institutions; and (b) National police officials, whether civilian or military. 1