CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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USE OF ‘TOOLS OF TORTURE’ IN CUSTODIAL SETTINGS
1.1 INHERENTLY ABUSIVE EQUIPMENT
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DIRECT CONTACT ELECTRIC SHOCK WEAPONS
1.1.2 ABUSIVE RESTRAINTS
1.2 EQUIPMENT WITH A LEGITIMATE FUNCTION
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1.2.1
KINETIC IMPACT WEAPONS: BATONS AND TRUNCHEONS
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1.2.2
RESTRAINTS
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1.2.3
CHEMICAL IRRITANTS
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TORTURE AND OTHER ILL-TREATMENT IN NON-CUSTODIAL SETTINGS
2.1 THE POLICING OF PUBLIC PROTEST
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2.1.1
CHEMICAL IRRITANTS
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2.1.2
KINETIC IMPACT PROJECTILES/DEVICES
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2.1.3 ELECTRIC SHOCK PROJECTILE WEAPONS
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DEATH PENALTY EQUIPMENT
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3.1 LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTIONS
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4.0 THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPANIES
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4.1 THE TRADE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT
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4.2 THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPANIES
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5.0 THE PATH TO GLOBAL CONTROLS ON THE ‘TOOLS OF TORTURE’
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5.1 WORK IN PROGRESS
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5.2 PRESENTING AN ANTI-TORTURE TRADE FRAMEWORK
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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF AN ANTI-TORTURE TRADE FRAMEWORK
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ENDING THE TORTURE TRADE THE PATH TO GLOBAL CONTROLS ON THE ‘TOOLS OF TORTURE’
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