Sentences with phrase «riot control agents»

Indeed, the treaty does not give a general exception to «Riot Control Agents», and that term is only used in connections with other prohibitions (Art. 1 para 5: «Each State Party undertakes not to use riot control agents as a method of warfare»; Art.

In other words, one could reasonably infer that the convention is not intended to prohibit use of Riot Control Agents for the purpose of (internal) law enforcement — mace is legal — but they can not be used in warfare.

The particular problem with subparagraph (d) is that it does not specifically limit «law enforcement use» to defined «Riot Control Agents».