Tackling the trade in tools of torture: the path forward.


This side event will discuss how international trade restrictions on law enforcement equipment – a Torture-Free Trade agenda – can help prevent torture and other ill-treatment.

In protests, during arrest, and in detention, state officials in a variety of countries use law enforcement equipment - from batons and handcuffs to electric shock devices and tear gas - in the commission of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.


This side event will discuss how international trade restrictions on law enforcement equipment - a Torture-Free Trade agenda - can help prevent torture and other ill-treatment. It will consider the impact of the trade in tools of torture on human rights - including the right to freedom of assembly, and right to public participation, as well as the protection of human rights defenders and journalists - and the rationale for a comprehensive Torture-Free Trade Treaty.


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