4. SCOPE OF GOODS AND SERVICES COVERED BY AN ANTI-TORTURE TRADE FRAMEWORK ANNEX ONE: PROHIBITED GOODS AND SERVICES WITH NO PRACTICAL USE OTHER THAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF TORTURE AND OTHER ILL-TREATMENT • Electric shock devices/weapons unsuitable for law enforcement including: • body-worn electric shock devices such as belts, vests, sleeves and cuffs • direct contact electric shock devices/weapons including shock shields, shock batons, shock (stun) guns, shock (stun) gloves and shock grabbing devices • Mechanical restraint devices unsuitable for law enforcement including thumb cuffs, finger-cuffs, thumbscrews; leg irons; bar fetters; weighted restraints; gang chains; fixed restraints (intended for attaching to walls, floor, ceiling); neck restraints; restraint chairs, shackle boards/beds with metal restraints; restraint chairs, shackle boards/beds with fabric restraints for law enforcement purposes; cage and net beds; prisoner hoods and blindfolds • Kinetic impact devices/weapons unsuitable for law enforcement including spiked batons, shields and any other spiked or serrated devices, weighted batons and weighted gloves and strengthened whips and sjamboks • Inherently dangerous riot control agent (RCA) delivery mechanisms, including multiple launch systems and launchers which are intrinsically inaccurate and/or excessively powerful • Equipment or weapons employing audible sound wave technology targeting individuals or groups from a distance, that are designed to cause long term or permanent loss or damage to hearing. • Equipment or weapons employing millimetre wave energy technology to cause painful heat sensation on the skin of the targeted individual or group of individuals from a distance. • Equipment or weapons employing laser or optical light, that are designed to cause long term or permanent loss or damage to sight or visual acuity of an individual or group of individuals. • Unique components and specifically designed parts for all prohibited equipment • Technical assistance related to any of the prohibited 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, transmission of working knowledge or skills • Training in the use of any of the prohibited goods; training in the misuse of any law enforcement equipment for torture or other ill-treatment (e.g., the application of batons for choke holds or use of restraints for hog-tying); or training in other techniques employed for torture and other ill-treatment (including sleep deprivation, stress positions) ENDING THE TORTURE TRADE THE PATH TO GLOBAL CONTROLS ON THE ‘TOOLS OF TORTURE’ Amnesty International | Omega Research Foundation 35