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Official guidance on the appropriate thresholds and circumstances for Taser use by police remained weak. In August, two police officers used a Taser, baton and incapacitant spray against a 93-year-old disabled man with dementia at a care home; he later died. The officers were handed gross misconduct notices and were under investigation for manslaughter at the end of the year.
In June, police used a Taser against a Black man believed to be experiencing a mental health crisis on Chelsea Bridge, London, resulting in him falling into the River Thames; he died two days later. Home Office statistics showed that Black people were eight times more likely than white people to have a Taser drawn or discharged against them.
Violence against women and girls
The UK finally ratified the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention), which entered into force on 1 November. The government maintained a reservation against Article 59 of the Convention, which sets out state obligations to provide protection to migrant women.
Irresponsible arms transfers
Arms exports continued to be allowed, following a December 2021 change to the UK’s export licensing criteria, in cases where the government believed the wider benefits of the transfer outweighed the risks of the equipment contributing to further conflict and instability.
A legal challenge continued throughout the year over the lawfulness of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to UK-sold arms being used to commit violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen.
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