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ARMAS NÃO LETAIS
O objetivo é apresentar os principais equipamentos de proteção utilizados pelas forças policiais, suas características técnicas, formas de utilização e cuidados.
http://armasnaoletais.blogspot.com.br/
BRADFORD NON-LETHAL WEAPON RESEARCH PROJECT
The Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project is based in the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
Research Objectives
· Review and describe non-lethal weapons (NLWs), which are being developed and deployed.
· Identify and track defence and related research institutes involved in the development and manufacture of NLWs.
· Follow doctrine and policy debates related to the use of NLWs.
· Monitor the operational use of NLWs.
· Examine the impact of NLWs on international laws, arms treaties and conventions.
· Highlight the ethical and societal issues that surround the research, development, deployment and use of such weapons.
(The original site of the Project has been deactivated, but reports and articles can be found by searching for "non lethal weapons" on the University of Bradford website).
COLETIVO MENOS LETAIS
Coletivo que luta pela regulamentação do uso de armamentos de baixa letalidade pela polícia.
https://www.facebook.com/menosletais?ref=ts&fref=ts
GABINETE DE DOCUMENTAÇÃO E DIREITO COMPARADO NA INTERNET (GDDC)
Instrumentos internacionais de Direitos Humanos e Direito Humanitário em português.
http://www.gddc.pt/default.asp
INSTITUTE FOR NON-LETHAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES
The Pennsylvania State University established The Institute for Non-Lethal Defense Technologies (INLDT) in November 1998 as part of its overall mission of teaching, research and public service. The Institute is dedicated to providing a base of multidisciplinary knowledge and technology that supports the development and responsible application of minimal force options for both the military and law enforcement. The Institute is administered by Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory under the direction and support of the Office of the Vice President for Research.
http://nldt2.arl.psu.edu/content/institute-non-lethal-defense-technologies-0
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC)
Tratados e documentos de Direito Internacional Humanitário e convenções sobre armas, por assunto.
https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/vwTreatiesByTopics.xsp
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) – Weapons
International humanitarian law governs the choice of weapons and prohibits or restricts the use of certain weapons. The ICRC plays a leading role in the promotion and development of law regulating the use of weapons.
https://www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/weapons
NONLETHAL SECURITY FOR PEACE CAMPAIGN
War is stupid and damaging. Nonlethal security could help us to reduce that damage and move to a more peaceful world. The Nonlethal Security for Peace Campaign is based on the concept that, in the immediate future at least, warfare – physical conflict between nations or equivalent groups of people – is likely to continue. But this conflict can be managed without killing or injuring people.
NON-LETHAL WEAPONS PROGRAM - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Non-lethal weapons can provide operating forces with escalation-of-force options that can minimize casualties and collateral damage.
Through Executive Agent oversight and coordination, the Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons Program–comprised of Joint and Service programs–will serve as the Department's proponent to effectively identify, develop, test and evaluate, transition, field, and sustain integrated, relatively reversible, and scalable effects technologies and capabilities, and develop associated policies, doctrine, concepts, and training in order to provide timely solutions to current and future requirements across the range of military operations, maximize mission effectiveness, and minimize risk to U.S. forces, coalition partners, civilians, and critical infrastructure.
http://jnlwp.defense.gov/Home.aspx
NON-LETHAL WEAPON – WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Contents:
1. Recent history of non-lethal weapons development for military use; 2. Recent history of non-lethal options for employment by police; 3. Effects; 4. Mechanics; 5. Ammunition; 6. Explosives; 7. Gases and sprays: 7.1 Water; 7.2 Scent-based weapons; 7.3 Pepper spray; 7.4 Tear gas; 7.5 Mace; 7.6 Psychochemical; 7.7 Sleep gas; 7.8 Other chemical agents; 8. Sticky foam; 9. Area denial: 9.1 Anti-vehicle: 9.1.1 Caltrops; 9.2 Anti-personnel; 9.2.1 Caltrops; 10. Riot gun; 11. Electroshock weapons; 12. Directed energy weapons: 12.1 Ultraviolet laser; 12.2 Pulsed Energy Projectile; 12.3 Active Denial System (ADS); 12.4 Dazzler: 12.4.1 Blinding Laser Weapons; 12.4.2 Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD); 12.5 Safety and legal status; 13. Misuse; 14. Terrorism concerns; 15. See also; 16. Notes; 17. External links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lethal_weapon
RAIDH – RÉSEAU D’ALERTE ET D’INTERVENTION POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME – CAMPAGNE NON AU TASER
La police française est dotée au compte-goutte de cette arme à la suite de l’appel d’offre lancé par le Ministère de l’intérieur à l’été 2006, remporté par l’entreprise Taser international. Elle suit l’exemple des polices américaines et canadiennes et ce, sans égard pour les risques que l’usage de cette arme par ses police ont révélés. Depuis 1999, 153 personnes sont décédées aux Etats-Unis et au Canada après avoir été électrocutées par un Taser. L’entreprise Taser elle-même reconnaît que cette arme peut provoquer un arrêt du cœur chez les personnes cardiaques. Des personnes sous l’emprise de l’alcool ou de drogues et des personnes sous traitement psychiatrique médicamenteux font aussi partie de ces victimes du Taser. L’usage du Taser présente donc un risque très important pour la santé et la vie des personnes. C’est ce que RAIDH veut souligner dans son rapport. RAIDH demande donc l’interdiction de la vente au public de Taser et la limitation de la dotation en Taser aux seules unités d’élite.
Sur ces demandes, nous avons connu un premier succès avec la classification en 4e catégorie du Taser (par un arrêté interministériel du 22 août 2006), le rendant interdit à la vente sans autorisation. Cette première victoire nous la devons beaucoup aux 15 parlementaires qui ont relayé nos préoccupations auprès du Ministre de l’intérieur par la voie de questions écrites. Cependant, beaucoup reste encore à faire puisque le Ministre ne s’est pas encore exprimé clairement sur son projet initial de doter les BAC, les gendarmes et les CRS de cette arme. Nous réitérons donc notre demande que ces membres de force de l’ordre en contact constant avec la population ne soient pas munis d’une arme dont l’utilisation peut avoir des conséquences mortelles tout en laissant penser qu’elle est inoffensive. Nous soulignons aussi que la dotation en Taser de toutes ces forces de l’ordre représente un coût de plus de 7 millions d’euros pour l’Etat ce qui ne nous semble pas justifier au vu du nombre d’armes dont disposent déjà notre police et notre gendarmerie.
REMOTE CONTROL PROJECT
What is “remote control”?
The last decade has seen significant developments in military technology and a rapid re-thinking of military approaches to future threats. One dominant idea now is countering threats at a distance without the deployment of large military forces, what may be termed “remote control”. This includes a heavy reliance on drones (both reconnaissance and armed variants) and a marked increase in the use of special operations forces (SOF) and private military and security companies (PMSCs). This trend is paralleled by an increase in cyber activities, and intelligence and surveillance methods. The origins of remote control can be traced politically to problems that arose at the outset of the ‘war on terror’, combined with major developments in military technology, in particular the development of armed drones, in the last decade.
What do we do?
The Remote Control project believes that defence strategies need to be developed to take into account the long term implications and human cost of military actions and should incorporate measures that address the root causes of insecurity in order to be sustainable. We also maintain that defence policies must be transparent and accountable in order to be effective. Through commissioned and in-house research and advocacy efforts we focus on bringing to attention the effectiveness, unforeseen consequences and hidden costs of remote control methods and look into solutions to conflict that foster long term security. We also bring together those looking at different aspects of these new military trends, acting as a facilitator for the exchange of information and publicising work that is being undertaken in the area.
http://remotecontrolproject.org/
#RIOTID
A civic media project helping people identify, monitor and record the use of riot control against civilians.
SOCIÉTÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BALISTIQUE LÉSIONNELLE (SEBL) – LES ARMES À LÉTALITÉ REDUITE
Sommaire:
• Introduction - Définition
• Les différents types d’armes à létalité réduite
• Les armes à létalité réduite antimatérielles (ALR – AM)
• Les armes à létalité réduite anti-personnelles
• Les armes à létalité réduite anti-personnelles autres qu'à énergie cinétique
• Les armes à impulsions électriques ( le pistolet à impulsions électriques Taser®)
• Les armes à létalité réduite anti-personnelles à énergie cinétique
• Les armes à létalité réduite : réalité ou utopie ?
Conférences du 2éme congrès de balistique lésionnelle sur les Armes à Létalité Réduite
http://www.eswb-sebl.org/programme_consult_intervent_2009.htm [site inativo]
STOP BALES DE GOMA
L’asociación, “Stop Bales de Goma” nace en el 2010 y está formada por víctimas que, en Cataluña, han sufrido daños de diversa gravedad a causa de estos proyectiles de goma (caucho y foam) usados por los Mossos d’Esquadra, y otras personas, entidades y movimientos que se solidarizan con la causa.
Pedimos la total abolición de estas armas por parte de la policía catalana y otros cuerpos policiales autonómicos y nacionales.
Numerosos estudios científicos y técnicos, y hasta la Comisión Europea, evidencian que estos proyectiles son peligrosos y ya han causado mas de 30 heridos graves en España, 8 lesiones permanentes al ojo en Catalunya y 2 muertos (Rosa Zarra e Iñigo Cabacas) en Euskal Herria.
Para conseguir el objetivo que nos marcamos, pedimos ayuda a la ciudadanía para sensibilizar la opinión publica y presionar las instituciones políticas.
TEAR GAS RESEARCH CONNECTION
Tear Gas is used around the world from Brazil to Bahrain, from Thailand to the Occupied Territories of Palestine. Yet, as journalists file daily news stories of tear gas deployments, its health effects remain undetermined and its death toll ill-defined. The use of tear gas by police forces and its for-profit transnational trade continue to raise legal questions.
While researchers and campaign groups work hard to raise awareness of tear gases’ true effects, data is dispersed across nations, suppressed by governments, and spun by corporate manufacturers with a vested interest in keeping sales figures high. As NATO reported in 2006, much existing data “is unavailable due to proprietary or national security interests” and where data is available, much is of “very little relevant quality” to understanding human impact (RTO-TR-HFM-073). The Connecting Tear Gas Research Project began through a collaboration between Dr. Anna Feigenbaum, author of the forthcoming book Tear Gas: the making of a pacifying poison (Verso 2015), and John Horne, a doctoral researcher on torture technologies and member of the group Bahrain Watch. Identifying the need to bring scattered research on tear gas together, Anna and John set out on this project.
The purpose of Connecting Tear Gas Research is to bring together existing knowledge around tear gases and the impacts less lethals have on people and their lived environments. This involves gathering and monitoring information on deployment practices, policies and the international trade in less lethal technologies. Working with international researchers, NGOs, journalists and tactical technologists, the project aims to contribute to public discussions and policy-making on the safety and social impacts of tear gas and policing technologies.
TECNOLOGIA NÃO LETAL
Blog e página do Facebook com notícias e vídeos sobre armas "não letais" e situações em que são usadas por forças de segurança.
http://tecnologianaoletal.blogspot.com.br
https://pt-br.facebook.com/TecnologiaNaoLetal
RIGHT TO PROTEST. ARTICLE 19: DEFENDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Protect your protest: How should you prepare for a protest? How do you deal with tear gas? What can you do if you witness human rights violations? What is the safest way to leave a protest? Get the answers here.
Debate the right to protest: Join the debate on how governments should protect our human rights in protests.
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. International Human Rights Law
Main human rights documents and treaties since 1945.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/InternationalLaw.aspx
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE. Facing tear gas
Militarism is guns, armored tanks and drones, but it’s also a state of mind. Militarized mentalities have permeated U.S police departments and amplified dramatically the force of police violence against our communities. It has also begun to infuse emergency preparedness. Now Fire-fighters and EMT are training right along with heavily armed SWAT teams, all funded by the Department of Homeland Security (the original DHS). Join us in challenging these harmful forces, striking at the $500 million (plus) grant program—UASI—that strengthens and unifies state repression.
Support imagining a world where we get to decide how to take care of one another. Lift up community wellness, resilience, and safety. Together we can Demilitarize Health & Security!
GOALS: 1. Challenge U.S. militarism by dismantling police power in our communities & internationally; 2. End the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), a Department of Homeland Security grant program; 3. Communities define priorities for public safety and emergency preparedness.
https://www.warresisters.org/facing-tear-gas
WEAPONS LAW ENYCLOPEDIA OF THE GENEVA ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
The Encyclopedia is a project of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. The Enyclopedia aims to provide accurate, up-to-date information on weapons, the effects of their use, and their regulation under public international law, in a format that is accessible to non-specialists.
A YEAR IN MASS TEAR GASSING – 2013
A map of locations worldwide where tear gas has been fired on groups of people and large crowds. Location mapping began on Jan 1, 2013. This map forms part of a research project led by Dr. Anna Feigenbaum, a Lecturer in Media and Politics at Bournemouth University. All recorded location data is derived from news reports via a google alert. This means that the data captured is incomplete as many incidences go unreported or are documented but not caught in the google filter.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z5smL2HX1jCM.kQyDh27VGBqU&msa=0