Chemical irritants 5.3 MALODORANTS A range of chemicals that have a foul and, deeply unpleasant smell. Key Technical Features The smell can linger and be difficult to remove from clothing and furniture. Means of dispersal include by hand-held spray, grenades, launched projectiles, drones, and water cannon. It is not known what chemicals are used in malodorant devices, nor has there been research undertaken as to their effects on the people they are used against. Any proposed device and or method of use should be independently tested to assess the medical and health risks. Human Rights Concerns The use of malodorants to disperse a public gathering is indiscriminate, affecting all of those in the contaminated area, and could amount to collective punishment. The use of malodorants chemicals as a method of punishment or humiliation should be classed as ill-treatment and should be prohibited. The use of malodorants to disperse a public gathering is indiscriminate, affecting all of those in the contaminated area, and could amount to collective punishment. Statements and Standards from Human Rights Bodies Special Rapporteur on Torture: “certain “less lethal” weapons may have foreseeable long-term or other effects, which must be considered when assessing the proportionality of their use, such as the … humiliating effect of the use of dyes or malodorants.” 110 Examples of Existing Controls To the best of Omega’s knowledge, there are no trade controls on this type of equipment. Chemical composition should be published. Proposed Control Manufacture should be controlled. Trade and transfer should be controlled. UN HRC, Extra-custodial use of force and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment : note / by the Secretary-General, 2017, para 68. 110 91