Limiting the right to life: assessing the use of firearms in dispersal of crowds in Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Kosgei, Davis Kiprono
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-16T18:02:56Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-16T18:02:56Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03
dc.description	Under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the police are required to respect, uphold and protect human rights in the exercise of their duties. I Under international law as well, the police as state agents are required to comply with human rights standards. In the use of force particularly, the police are required to exercise restraint and to only employ force proportionate to the seriousness of the offence and the legitimate objective to be achieved. 3 Further they are to adhere to the human rights principle of proportionality requiring that the force they use should be legal, necessary and reasonable	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The main objective of this research project was to establish whether the use of firearms io disperse crowds as provided by Kenyan law, specifically sections of the Public Order Act and the Penal Code, is a justified limitation on the right to life in Kenya. The methodology applied to achieve this objective was a desktop analysis of relevant primary and secondary sources including statutes, journal articles and case law.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11071/12326
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Strathmore University	en_US
dc.title	Limiting the right to life: assessing the use of firearms in dispersal of crowds in Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Learning Object	en_US

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