THE PROHIBITION OF BLINDING AS A METHOD OF WARFARE

Abstract

From the 1982 Maitatsine Uprising to the 2009 Kala Kato Riot, Nigeria has been bedevilled by ethno-religious uprisings with devastating human and material losses. In almost all these crises the police and the military have featured prominently as agencies tasked with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and suppressing insurrection. While it was not alleged that they precipitated some of these risings perhaps in their attempts to stem or nip them in the bud, they have been accused of escalating the conflict either by their slow and inadequate responses, their partisanship and their arbitrary responses, or by their slackness in managing the crises and their aftermath. However, but for their efforts the security basis of the Nigerian state would have been considerably compromised by religious fundamentalism given the level of preparedness of the groups involved, their resistance and, more importantly, the recurrent nature of the uprisings. This article reflects on the management of ethno-religious uprisings in Nigeria by the police and the military. It considers the nature of the security agencies' involvement in the crises and examines the factors both within the agencies and in the larger Nigerian society which have aided or hindered their effective management of the conflicts.     

The practice and theory of British counterinsurgency: the histories of the atrocities at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul, 1938–1939

This article details two largely unreported atrocities by British forces operating against Arab rebels during the Arab revolt, 1936–9, at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul. It then examines the military-legal system that underpinned and authorised British military forces operating in aid of the civil power, suggesting that the law in place at the time allowed for a level of reprisals and punitive actions, such as happened at al-Bassa and Halhul. The article does not conclude that the law allowed for atrocities but it does argue that it gave a basic form and understanding to an operational method that was brutal and could lead to atrocities. It thus tests the idea in much of the literature on counterinsurgency that the British were restrained and used minimum force when compared to other colonial and neo-colonial powers fighting insurgents.     

TOT培训模式对我国警务硕士培养的几点启示

TOT培训是对培训者的培训,是欧盟开展成人教育的一种创新模式.通过浅析TOT培训模式,结合我国警务硕士培养目标和要求,从警务硕士培养理念、培养方法、管理与评估等方面提出了开展警务硕士专业学位研究生培养工作的几点思考.     

关于联合国维和警察公共关系工作的几点思考

阐述了开展联合国维和警察公共关系工作的必要性与紧迫性,分析了开展联合国维和警察公共关系工作的原则与步骤,从加强联合国维和警察与各种传播媒体之间的公共关系工作;加强联合国维和警察与任务区民众之间的公共关系工作;加强联合国维和警察机构与联合国其他机构、各国驻维和任务区外交代表机构以及当地政府之间的公共关系工作;加强联合国维和警察内部派遣国警队之间的公共关系工作;重视发挥维和警察个体的公关作用;及时处理突发事件引起的公关危机等6个方面提出了开展维和警察公共关系工作的具体措施。     

论维和任务区维和警察的情报意识

在信息时代里,联合国维和任务区要求维和警察必须具备情报意识,能够发现、搜集、分析与联合国维和工作有关的情况,这就要求我们在培训时必须考察维和警察的情报意识,提高其情报能力。     

创新消防现代警务机制思考

加强消防警务机制建设是促进消防工作规范化、制度化、法制化和社会化建设的有力保障,是保证社会经济发展、社会和谐稳定的基本条件。近年来消防部队在警务机制改革方面迈出了可喜的步伐,但是由于社会发展机制和体制的限制,消防力量不足、勤务实战演练效果不理想、信息化建设水平偏低等问题依旧存在,有待于在创新现代消防警务机制建设中加以解决。     

警用脉冲防暴水炮新型喷嘴内部流场的大涡模拟

根据新型喷嘴的结构特点,构建了喷嘴的物理模型和数学模型,并采用Fluent6．2．16软件中的LES模型对喷嘴流场进行数值计算。模拟结果表明：射流进入喷嘴收缩段后会发生强烈的剪切作用,引起流场速度和压力的急剧变化。收缩角对喷嘴内部流场的影响较大,本模型中收缩角优化值取30°,圆柱段长度对喷嘴内部流场也存在影响,本模型中该长度优化值取32mm。     

和谐警民关系构建过程中的不良因素规避

构建和谐警民关系在当前公安工作中具有全局性意义。在和谐社会建设正成为时代精神精华的背景下,和谐警民关系的构建不仅具有历史逻辑的可能性,而且具有改善社会关系、化解各种矛盾、维护社会公平正义、全面促进社会和谐的根本意义和现实需求。面对队伍建设的新情况、新局面,和谐警民关系的构建应立足现状,分析局面,寻求对策,以利公安工作和队伍建设再上新台阶。     

公安现役部队基层干部考核工作存在的问题与对策

公安现役部队基层干部考核工作是选准用好干部的关键环节。目前一些单位在基层干部考核工作中还存在着考核制度不健全、考核标准不科学、考核方法和形式简单等问题。加强和改进基层干部考核工作,必须端正基层干部考核工作的认识和观念,健全基层干部考核的制度,完善基层干部考核的标准,改进基层干部考核的方式方法。     

对德国警察院校教育考察的启示

德国警察整体素质较高,其重要原因之一就是院校教育及职业再培训制度比较完善,并注重不断改革创新。通过赴德国考察学习,从思想政治建设、教员队伍建设等方面得到了一些启示。