The Policing Board’s Human Rights Advisors continue to monitor the policing of public order events. In December 2005, the Policing Board published a
Report on the policing of the Ardoyne Parades on 12 July 2005 and the Whiterock Parade on 10 September 2005. The report reproduces a comprehensive account of the policing operations and examines whether the PSNI’s response was proportionate, legitimate and necessary. The Human Rights Advisors findings were that the policing operation on both occasions was careful and considered, that the human rights of all those involved had been taken into account and that, overall, the PSNI’s use of force complied with the requirements of the
Human Rights Act 1998.