ANNEX TWO:
CONTROLLED LAW ENFORCEMENT GOODS AND SERVICES THAT CAN BE MISUSED FOR TORTURE
AND OTHER ILL-TREATMENT
• Goods for restraining human beings such as ordinary handcuffs, leg-cuffs, combination cuffs, and
spit guards
• Multi-point restraints with fabric restraints for medical use including restraint chairs, shackle boards
and shackle beds
• Projectile electric shock weapons suitable for law enforcement
• Riot control agents (RCAs) employed for law enforcement purposes, including CS, CN, CA, CR,
MPK/MPA OC, and PAVA
• RCA dispersal equipment (for example, aerosols, hand-held RCA sprayers or single-barrel RCA
launchers) targeting one individual or disseminating a limited dose over a small area
• Fixed RCA dispersal equipment intended for disseminating a limited dose of RCA over a small area
inside a building
• RCA dispersal equipment intended for disseminating RCAs over a wide area, including water
cannons
• Hand-held striking weapons including batons, truncheons and tonfas.
• Launchers and non-metallic kinetic impact projectiles, including rubber bullets, plastic bullets and
bean bags
• Devices employing laser or optical light designed to temporarily disrupt the sight or visual acuity
of an individual or group of individuals, and not designed to cause long-term or permanent loss or
damage to sight or visual acuity
• Acoustic devices or weapons employing audible soundwave technology
• Unique components and specifically designed parts for the goods listed above
• Technical assistance related to any of the controlled equipment, including any technical support
related to the repair, development, manufacture, testing, maintenance, assembly or any other
technical service. Such assistance may take the form of instruction, advice, training activities and
transmission of working knowledge or skills
• Training in the use of controlled law enforcement equipment and use of force consistent with
international human rights law and standards.
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ENDING THE TORTURE TRADE THE PATH TO GLOBAL CONTROLS ON THE ‘TOOLS OF TORTURE’
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