Weapons under International Human Rights Law

Dr Stuart Casey-Maslen is Head of Research at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights where he teaches weapons law in an executive masters' programme.

• Part I. The Use of Weapons in Law Enforcement: 1. The use of firearms in law enforcement Stuart Casey-Maslen; 2. The use of 'less-lethal' weapons in law enforcement Abi Dymond and Neil Corney; 3. Crowd management, crowd control, and riot control Stuart Casey-Maslen; 4. The use of weapons in custodial centres Silvia Suteu; 5. The use of weapons in counterpiracy Alice Priddy; Part II. International Human Rights Law and Conflict: 6. Weapons and armed non-State actors Andrew Clapham; 7. The use of weapons in peace operations Nigel White; 8. The use of weapons in armed conflict Stuart Casey-Maslen and Sharon Weill; 9. The use of weapons and jus ad bellum Stuart Casey-Maslen; Part III. Weapons and Technologies under International Law: 10. Cyberattacks and international human rights law David P. Fidler; 11. The use of riot control agents in law enforcement Michael Crowley; 12. The use of incapacitants in law enforcement Michael Crowley; 13. The use of armed drones Stuart Casey-Maslen; Part IV. Weapons Design, Acquisition, and Transfer under Human Rights Law: 14. The review of weapons under international humanitarian and human rights law Stuart Casey-Maslen, Abi Dymond and Neil Corney; 15. Arms transfers and international human rights law Annyssa Bellal; 16. Implications for arms acquisitions of economic, social, and cultural rights Gilles Giacca and Tahmina Karimova; Part V. Responsibility for Unlawful Use of Weapons under Human Rights Law: 17. Weapons and the human rights responsibilities of multinational corporations Ralph Steinhardt; 18. Remedies and reparations Megan Burke and Loren Persi-Vicentic; Part VI. Future Regulation of Weapons under International Law: 19. Existing and future weapons and weapons systems Stuart Casey-Maslen.