This thoroughly researched study highlights the international community's failure to regulate contemporary state research, development, marketing and/or deployment of riot control agents and incapacitating chemical agent weapons.

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Dr Michael Crowley is Project Coordinator of Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project, and Research Associate with the Omega Research Foundation. He has worked for over 20 years on arms control and human rights issues, including with Amnesty International, the Arias Foundation, BASIC, and as Executive Director of VERTIC.

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1. Introduction 2. Incapacitating Chemical Agent Weapons 3. Riot Control Agents 4. Means Of Delivering Or Dispersing Riot Control Agents 5. Application Of The Chemical Weapons Convention To ICA Weapons, Riot Control Agents And Related Means Of Delivery 6. Arms Control And Disarmament Agreements Applicable To ICA Weapons And Riot Control Agents 7. International Humanitarian Law Applicable To ICA Weapons And Riot Control Agents 8. Human Rights Law Applicable To ICA Weapons And Riot Control Agents 9. International Criminal Law Applicable To ICA Weapons And Riot Control Agents 10. Mechanisms To Regulate The Transfer Of ICA Weapons, Riot Control Agents And Related Means Of Delivery 11. Application Of The United Nations Drug Control Conventions To ICA Weapons 12. The Role Of Civil Society In Combating The Misuse Of Incapacitating Chemical Agents And Riot Control Agents 13. Conclusions