The United Nations Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials states that “law enforcement officials may use force only when strictly necessary and to the extent required for the performance of their duty.” The UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms provide that law enforcement officials “shall, as far as possible, apply non-violent means before resorting to the use of force” and may use force “only if other means remain ineffective.” When the use of force is unavoidable, law enforcement officials should “exercise restraint in such use and act in proportion to the seriousness of the offense.”
jenniferchoe on 30 Oct 11From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brazil has been tackling problems of income inequality despite high rates of growth. Its GDP (gross domestic product) growth in 2010 was 7.5%[1] yet its GINI coefficient, a measure of its inequality was reported at 0.543 in 2009.[2] In the recent decades, there has been a decline in inequality for the country as a whole (Fig 1).
