Ensure that electrical-discharge weapons are used exclusively in extreme and
limited situations, where there is a real and immediate threat to life or risk of
serious injury, as a substitute for lethal weapons and by trained law enforcement
personnel only
Revise the regulations governing the use of such weapons with a view to
establishing a high threshold for their use and expressly prohibit their use on
children and pregnant women
Provide more stringent instructions to law enforcement personnel authorized to
use electric-discharge weapons and to strictly monitor and supervise their use
through mandatory reporting and reviews
Non-refoulement and mandatory immigration detention
Ensure full compliance with its obligations under article 3 of the Convention in
respect of non-refoulement
Ensure that detention should be applied only as a measure of last resort, when
determined to be strictly necessary, in a manner proportionate to each individual
case and for as short a period as possible
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