Contents
Summary
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1. Introduction
Box 1.1. A note on sources
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2. Devices authorized for use by law-enforcement officials in the
Caucasus and Central Asia
I. Mechanical-restraint devices
II. Electric-shock equipment
III. Riot control agents
IV. Handheld impact weapons and launched kinetic-impact rounds
V. Riot-control vehicles and water cannons
VI. Acoustic devices
VII. Equipment used in places of detention and in public-order
situations
Figure 2.1. Restraint chair
Figure 2.2. Wall cuffs
Figure 2.3. Thumb cuffs
Figure 2.4. Russian manufactured direct contact electric shock stun devices
Figure 2.5. US- (left) and Taiwanese- (right) manufactured projectile
electric-shock devices
Figure 2.6. Multi-barrel launching device.
Figure 2.7. The FN 303
Figure 2.8. Turkish-manufactured water cannon
Figure 2.9. Russian-manufactured grenades and stun grenades
Figure 2.10. US-manufactured acoustic devices
Table 2.1. Equipment authorized for use by law-enforcement personnel in
selected Eurasian states
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3. International and regional instruments applicable to the transfer of lawenforcement equipment
I. International bodies and international law
II. Regional regulations and multilateral regimes
III. National responses to the control and use of law-enforcement
equipment
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4. Known sources of local production and supply of law-enforcement
equipment in the Caucasus and Central Asia
I. Manufacturers and suppliers of law-enforcement products
II. Exporters of police- and security-related equipment to the
Caucasus and Central Asia
Figure 4.1. 40-mm grenade launcher, manufactured in Georgia by Delta
Figure 4.2. Azerbaijani manufactured 12-gauge kinetic-impact ammunition
Table 4.1. Manufacturers and suppliers of law-enforcement products in the
Caucasus and Central Asia
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