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Other pertinent recommendations in the UNODC/OHCHR Resource Book on the Use
of Force and Firearms in Law Enforcement include:
he people affected should be informed of the decision to use containment
• T
against them, and the reason and purpose behind the decision. Continuous communication for the duration of the containment is recommended; and
• Production of a press card should be reason enough to allow someone to leave,
unless their behaviour justifies their containment.50
What monitors should observe and record
• In what circumstances was the containment used?
• Was the action targeted at people engaged in violence? Were people not engaged
in violence affected?
• Was force used to create the containment. Was force used after the containment
had been established?
• Were continuing threats made of the use of force?
• How long did the containment last?
• What was the weather like during the containment?
• What was the effect of the use of this tactic (e.g., increased tension, panic, stampede, people collapsed?)
• Were any of the people who were contained given the opportunity to exit (e.g.,
bystanders, media, non-violent participants)?
• Were vulnerable people (e.g., children, pregnant women, persons with disabilities)
contained? Were they given the opportunity to exit?
• Did law enforcement personnel inform those affected of the reasons for their
containment, and approximately how long the containment would last?
• Were the people affected granted access to water, food, toilets and shelter?
• Did law enforcement personnel collect personal information from those contained, perhaps as a condition to leave?
• Were any of those contained arrested or further detained?
• Was a warning issued before the use of containment? How much in advance of the
use was the warning issued?
• Was medical help provided (by the police, medical service) to those affected by
the containment?
50
See: UNODC & UN OHCHR, Resource Book on the Use of Force and Firearms in Law Enforcement, op.
cit., note 24, p. 121.
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