15 4.2.4 Less-lethal weapons and related equipment that deliver force by remote control, automatically or autonomously,52 should be authorized only if, in the context of their intended or ordinary use, it can be ensured that such use would comply with domestic law and international law, in particular international human rights law. 4.3 MONITORING 4.3.1 States and law enforcement agencies shall monitor the use and effects of all the less-lethal weapons and related equipment they procure, deploy and use for law enforcement purposes. 4.3.2 Monitoring should include contextual information about the circumstances of use. Relevant data on those against whom force is used should, to the extent possible, be disaggregated, for example by age, sex/gender, disability (where that exists) and ethnic group. The results of monitoring should be made public in accordance with the transparency requirements set out below. This should include publicly available national statistics on deaths and serious injuries relating to different categories of less-lethal weapons. 4.3.3 Monitoring should include spot checks on less-lethal weapons and related equipment. The use of body-worn cameras (or other suitable recording equipment) when less-lethal weapons are used should also be considered. 4.3.4 Data analysis should inform on improvements made to training, guidance, deployment and policy, as and where necessary. 4.3.5 States and law enforcement agencies should cooperate with the monitoring of the use and effects of all less-lethal weapons and related equipment by external monitoring bodies, such as national human rights institutions and independent police complaint mechanisms, as well as international According to the Human Rights Committee, “the development of autonomous weapon systems lacking in human compassion and judgement raises difficult legal and ethical questions concerning the right to life, including questions relating to legal responsibility for their use”. The Committee believes that such weapon systems should not be developed or put into operation unless it has been established that their use conforms to article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other norms of international law. See Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 36 (2019) on the right to life, para. 65. 52