Grasping the nettle: Ending Europe’s Trade in Execution and Torture Technology 3 Contents Executive Summary 5 Chapter 1: Mechanisms to control brokering and transit 7 Chapter 2: Mechanisms to control the promotion of security equipment 12 Chapter 3: Mechanisms to control the provision of “technical assistance” 22 Chapter 4: Mechanisms to control the transfer of pharmaceutical chemicals that could be used for the purpose of capital punishment 26 Chapter 5: Mechanisms to halt inappropriate exports of non-Annex II or III goods in urgent situations 29 Chapter 6: Mechanisms to review Regulation scope and implementation 32 Conclusion 54 Index: EUR 01/1632/2015 Amnesty International May 2015

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