Lesotho
Structure of Oversight Mechanisms for the Accountability
of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service
| Third Amendment
of the Constitution of Lesotho, 1998 |
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Lesotho
Mounted Police Service Act, 1998 |
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Police
Complaints Authority |
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Sources:
- Masoabi, P. (2004) Police Complaints Authority:
Lesotho.
Paper presented at the Policing Oversight and Accountability
Conference, Sandton, South Africa, 26-29 January 2004.
The author discusses the implications of the promulgation
of Lesotho’s amended constitution (1993), especially
its Bill of Rights, for accountable policing. An overview
is thus provided of the legal framework for the control
of the police in terms of the Lesotho Police Act (1998);
police powers under the Criminal Procedure and Evidence
Act (1981) and the role of the courts in controlling
these powers; and control mechanisms within the police
in terms of the Police Complaints Authority. The origin,
mandate and duties of the Authority are subsequently
discussed as well as the process in which a set of internal
procedures and disciplinary regulations, applicable to
the police service, were established. The author concludes
with a brief review of the main successes and challenges
facing the Authority and the police service.
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