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03008aam a2200349 i 4500 001 F2C2FC44477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211117010121 008 210524t20212021enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021024638 020 $a 1108840949 020 $a 9781108840941 035 $a (OCoLC)1193067404 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a K3661 $b .H64 2021 084 $a LAW051000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth, $e author. 245 10 $a Less-lethal weapons under international law : $b a three-dimensional perspective / $c Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan, Johannes Kepler University Linz. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xxvi, 234 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Hitherto international law has almost exclusively concerned itself with lethal and highly destructive weapons. Rockets, missiles, and bombs are just a few of many other examples of technology leaving behind trails of unfathomable destruction. So far, less-lethal weapons, such as tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and the highly contested Taser have literally slipped under the radar. Indeed, authors have dealt with less-lethal weapons primarily between 2000 and 2009 but the legal discussion has almost entirely grinded to a halt. The frequent occurrence of protests over the past few years reaching from Hong Kong to Paris and Venezuela, which were often defeated with brute violence and the excessive use of inter alia tear gas, has again sparked the discussion of how international law responds to the use of less-lethal weapons. Aware of the fact that more action was needed, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued the "Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement"1 in 2019 in order to better address legal aspects of less-lethal weapons in policing scenarios. It is the first UN document solely addressing this category of weapons aiming to fill the regulatory gaps that have existed thus far. This development clearly shows that the international community is anything but ignorant toward the fact that so far legal (human rights) documents have primarily addressed lethal technology"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Nonlethal weapons $x Law and legislation. 650 0 $a Firearms $x Law and legislation. 650 7 $a LAW / International. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Firearms $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925588 650 7 $a Nonlethal weapons $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01766042 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth. $t Less-lethal weapons under international law $d Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 $z 9781108887977 $w (DLC) 2021024639 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526014246.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2C2FC44477411EC81CA9FE82DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search