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Weapons under international human rights law /
"International human rights law offers an overarching international legal framework to help determine the legality of the use of any weapon, as well as its lawful supply. It governs acts of States and non-State actors alike. In doing so, human rights law embraces international humanitarian law...
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Use of Weapons in Law Enforcement: 1. The use of firearms in law enforcement Stuart Casey-Maslen; 2. The use of 'less-lethal' weapons in law enforcement Abi Dymond and Neil Corney; 3. Crowd management, crowd control, and riot control Stuart Casey-Maslen; 4. The use of weapons in custodial centres Silvia Suteu; 5. The use of weapons in counterpiracy Alice Priddy; Part II. International Human Rights Law and Armed Conflict: 6. Weapons and armed non-State actors Andrew Clapham; 7. The use of weapons in peace operations Nigel D. White; 8. The use of weapons in armed conflict Stuart Casey-Maslen and Sharon Weill; 9. The use of weapons and jus ad bellum Stuart Casey-Maslen; Part III. Weapons and Technologies under International Law: 10. Cyberattacks and international human rights law David P. Fidler; 11. The use of riot control agents in law enforcement Michael Crowley; 12. The use of incapacitants in law enforcement Michael Crowley; 13. The use of armed drones Stuart Casey-Maslen; Part IV. Weapons Design, Acquisition, and Transfer under Human Rights Law: 14. The review of weapons under international humanitarian and human rights law Stuart Casey-Maslen, Neil Corney, and Abi Dymond-Bass ; 15. Arms transfers and international human rights law Annyssa Bellal; 16. Implications for arms acquisitions of economic, social, and cultural rights Gilles Giacca and Tahmina Karimova; Part V. Responsibility for Unlawful Use of Weapons under Human Rights Law: 17. Weapons and the human rights responsibilities of multinational corporations Ralph G. Steinhardt; 18. Remedies and reparations Megan Burke and Loren Persi-Vicentic; Part VI. Future Regulation of Weapons under International Law: 19. Existing and future weapons and weapons systems Stuart Casey-Maslen.