The present report of Amnesty International concerns the role of policing in the prevention of torture. This paper highlights why, according to Amnesty International, everyone should help to fight torture and what police in particular can do to help stop torture. The paper cites rules against torture set out in international law and the safeguards required by law to help prevent torture. These international standards were drafted to apply to all legal systems in the world and take into account the rich diversity of legal procedures – they set out the minimum guarantees that all legal systems should provide. This paper also refers to provisions against torture in Chinese law and to China’s international obligations on this issue. Amnesty states that China should abide by and implement the various standards endorsed by the member states of the United Nations, such as the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.