This Commission recommends that the police observe the practices employed by other democratic countries in riot control and handling unlawful assemblies and compile a modern mechanism to control riots and unlawful public gatherings in a manner that protects human rights, with assistance obtained from the Police Commission as required. The final draft of this document should be handed over to the Commission by 1 st March 2016. In addition to this, it is essential to provide special training to all police officers to make them aware of the operationalizing of this mechanism. This must be facilitated with the use of a training manual prepared by the relevant authorities; details of the way in which this training was conducted and implemented should be compiled into a report and submitted to the Commission by 1st March 2016. It is also advised that women police officers be deployed in such events to disperse assemblies in the future. Relevant measures must be taken by the police to that effect and the Commission should be informed of the details of their implementation. 8.3 Disciplinary Action The Commission recommends the police officers who were involved in the incident in question be identified, and disciplinary action be taken against them for the violation of the students’ fundamental rights. A report outlining the details of disciplinary action taken against the relevant officers must be submitted to the Commission by 1 st March 2016. The Commission orders an investigation to identify the police officers who directly carried out the assault in violation of the fundamental rights of the students, the officers who gave order to carry out this attack as well as the supervising officers at the time of the violation in question be carried out and disciplinary action be taken against them. 8.4 Necessity of State Officials to Focus on Resolving Public Issues The Human Rights Commission observes that the concerns of the HNDA students had persisted for a long time, when they announced through public media their intention to conduct a protest march on 29th October 2015. It is very unlikely that the relevant officials were not aware of these issues. It must be emphasized that public officials have a special duty to prevent such hostile situations from arising. Therefore, the Commission recommends the responsible authorities take reasonable and prompt measures to resolve such concerns before they become protracted issues. Furthermore, the need to take appropriate and prompt measures when such issues lead to situations like protest marches is stressed, in order to prevent aggressive behavior. 97

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