According to testimony gathered by Amnesty International, a man captured by pro-Kyiv
forces in November 2014 was severely beaten while in Security Service of Ukraine custody.
He was allegedly hung from a hook attached to the ceiling so that his feet just touched the
floor with his arms stretched tight. While in this position, he was beaten with batons and
suffered four broken ribs as a result.310
6.2.2. Manufacture, promotion and transfer of kinetic impact weapons
The Omega Research Foundation has identified companies throughout the CoE that have
manufactured or promoted hand held kinetic impact weapons or launched-kinetic impact
weapons and projectiles, since 2012, including in Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian
Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the Ukraine and the UK.311
In spite of their frequent use in the perpetration of human rights abuses, neither launchedkinetic impact projectiles nor hand-held kinetic impact weapons are adequately covered by
international arms import and export controls. Such items do not fall within the scope of the
Arms Trade Treaty312 or the Wassenaar Arrangement313 – both applicable to a number of CoE
States. Within the EU region, neither the EU Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on
arms exports314 nor EC Regulation 1236/2005 adequately cover launched kinetic impact
projectiles or standard hand held kinetic impact weapons.
310
Amnesty International, Breaking Bodies: Torture and Summary Killings in Eastern Ukraine, 2015, p. 27.
Details of relevant CoE companies and marketing materials on file with Omega Research Foundation.
312
UN, The Arms Trade Treaty, UN General Assembly Resolution, A/RES/67/234 B, 11 June 2013.
313
For details of Wassenaar Arrangement Control Lists and Best Practice Documents see: WA website:
http://www.wassenaar.org/ (accessed 10 January 2018).
314
European Union, EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP, of 8 December 2008 defining common rules
governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, Official Journal of the European Union L
335/99, 13 December 2008.
311
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