Join us in calling for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty!
Civil society organisations and people from around the world are demanding that States take action to stop the trade in tools of torture.
Will you join us?
Progress happens when we come together to demand change. We should be able to do this without fear of being harmed, hurt, or even killed by the misuse of policing equipment. Demand your government supports a treaty to regulate the trade in policing equipment today to ensure it does not end in the hands of abusive police forces.
Civil society organisations from around the world have signed the Shoreditch Declaration for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty. The declaration, which remains open for civil society groups to sign, calls for a treaty to prohibit the manufacture and trade in inherently abusive equipment (such as spiked batons and body-worn electric shock devices), as well as the introduction of human rights-based controls on the trade in more standard law enforcement equipment (such as some types of rubber bullets and handcuffs). Since then, the number of signatories has more than doubled as the movement grows to include civil society leaders from all regions of the world.
