Permitted for law enforcement purposes but prohibited in the conduct of hostilities
The case of riot control agents and expanding bullets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12853205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Longuet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 901 |
| Pages | 249-274 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of the Red Cross (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1607-5889 • E-ISSN: 1816-3831 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1816383117000108 |
| OpenAlex | W2593064623 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Riot control agents and expanding bullets are the only two kinds of weapon and ammunition that are used for law enforcement purposes but are explicitly prohibited in the conduct of hostilities. This article justifies this difference in treatment with two arguments. First, riot control agents and expanding bullets have different effects on the human body depending on their specific types and the circumstances in which they are deployed. Second, the issues raised by their use differ according to whether they are employed for law enforcement purposes or in the conduct of hostilities
Ammunition · Business · Computer security · Control (management · Criminology · Enforcement · Law enforcement · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · History · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
Customary International Humanitarian Law
The SIrUS project towards a determination of which weapons cause ‘superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering’
La Grande Guerre Chimique, 1914-1918
The meaning of Moscow
The Swiss draft Protocol on Small-Calibre Weapon Systems — Bringing the dumdum ban (1899) up to date
Use of force during occupation
The 1899 Hague Declaration concerning Expanding Bullets. A treaty effective for more than 100 years faces complex contemporary issues
Military involvement in law enforcement
The relationship between international humanitarian and human rights law where it matters
From Military to Civilian Technology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |