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Table of Contents

SECTION A: POLICY OPTIONS

General Principles - Licensing

Chemical Irritants

Kinetic Impact

Electroshock and stun weapons

2nd Generation crowd control weapons

Alternatives to crowd control weapons

Social Impact Assessments of Police Technologies

New Bio-Weapons for Crowd Control

Exports of Crowd Control weapons to Human Rights Violators

SECTION B: ARGUMENTS & EVIDENCE

INTRODUCTION

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS & THEIR EFFECTS

Chemical Crowd Control Weapons - Design & Effects

Disabling Chemical Irritant & Harassing Agents

Delivery & Dispersion Mechanisms

Kinetic Impact Weapons & Their Effects

Truncheons

Impact Projectile Effects

Delivery Mechanisms

Delivery Of Kinetic Impact Rounds By Conventional Weapons

Varieties Of Kinetic Impact Munitions

Water Cannon

Electro-Shock Stun Weapons Technologies & Their Effects

Stun Grenades

Area Denial and Barrier technologies

LEGISLATION AT INTERNATIONAL, EU AND NATIONAL LEVELS

Proposed EU Ban on Weapons Directly Interfering With Brain Function

The International Committee Of The Red Cross SIRius Project

International Human Rights Law & Crowd Weapons Of The Future

International Legal Prohibitions Against Torture & Blinding Systems

Limits Imposed By Provisions Of Chemical Weapons Convention

Universal declaration On Human Genome Project & Human Rights

EU & National Laws And Exports To Human Rights Violators

HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUES

Health & Safety Issues Regarding Chemical Irritant Weapons

Hazards Of Crowd Control Chemicals

Hazards Of Dispensing Excess Levels Of Chemical Irritant

Hazards of Carrier Solvents & Propellants

Hazards Of Pyrotechnic & Blast Chemical Irritant Delivery Systems

Training & Professional Codes Of Conduct

Kinetic Impact Weapons - Health & Safety issues

Hand Held Baton technology

Water Cannon

Kinetic Impact Munitions

Northern Ireland

Occupied Territories Worldwide

Electroshock weapons

Intended Effects Of Stun Weapons

Effects from deployment of stun weapons

ABUSE OF TECHNOLOGIES

Chemical Irritant weapons

Kinetic Weapons

Electro-shock weapons

AN ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE CROWD CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES

History

Design, Role & Function of 2nd Generation Less-Lethal Weapons

Varieties of 2nd Generation Less-Lethal Weapons

Calmatives

Upgrades of Existing Riot Technologies

Entanglements

Directed Energy Weapons

Area Denial Munitions

Designer Bio-Weapons for Selective Mass control

International Humanitarian Agencies

AN APPRAISAL OF LESS DAMAGING ALTERNATIVES

Crowd Control Technologies and Social Contexts

The Need for Social Impact Assessments.

Alternative Crowd Control Methodologies

CCTV Surveillance and Algorithmic Systems

EXPORT OF CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Transfers (export) of Crowd Control Technologies