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"UN: Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, 1990" [2005] ELECD 319; in Tully, Stephen (ed), "International Documents on Corporate Responsibility" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: International Documents on Corporate Responsibility

Editor(s): Tully, Stephen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843768197

Section: Chapter 96

Section Title: UN: Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, 1990

Number of pages: 4

Extract:

96. UN: Basic Principles on the Use of Force
and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials,
1990

Commentary: Corporations have been called upon to have regard to these Basic
Principles on the Use of Force emanating from the Eighth UN Congress on the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Havana. The term `law
enforcement officials' is construed consistently with the commentary to Article 1 of
the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials (above). Resolution 14 of the
Seventh UN Congress held at Varenna, Italy emphasised that the use of force should
be commensurate with due respect for human rights: see further, ECOSOC
Resolution 1986/10 (1986) and UNGA Resolution 41/149 (1986).




General Provisions
1. Governments and law enforcement agencies shall adopt and implement rules and
regulations on the use of force and firearms against persons by law enforcement
officials . . .
2. Governments and law enforcement agencies should develop a range of means as broad
as possible and equip law enforcement officials with various types of weapons and
ammunition that would allow for a differentiated use of force and firearms. These
should include the development of non-lethal incapacitating weapons for use in appro-
priate situations, with a view to increasingly restraining the application of means capa-
ble of causing death or injury to persons. For the same purpose, it should also be
possible for law enforcement officials to be equipped with self-defensive equipment
such as shields, helmets, bullet-proof vests and bullet-proof means of transportation, ...