The Second Administrative Reforms Commission has made several recommendations on law and order, including the repeal of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, requiring a mandatory and immediate investigation of every encounter killing, and also the creation of a seperate investigative authority insulated from political control. It, however, also recommends that confessions made to a police officer be admissible if it is video-taped, which has the possibility of jeopardising civil liberties.
An earlier report by the Commission dealt with ethics in governance.
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