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HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS WILL TAKE
THE DEBATE ON THE USE OF TASER GUNS TO
THE NATIONAL SUPREME COURT
The Superior Court of Buenos Aires City has already authorized them, but a NGO filled an
extraordinary appeal for reviewing the decision. Social Organization described the guns
as an element of torture.
The Human Rights Observatory (ODH) seeks to prevent that Metropolitan Police be
equipped with Taser guns. The use of these guns was authorized by the Superior Court
of the City, whenever it exists a protocol for their use.
The ODH filed an extraordinary appeal with the objective that the National Supreme Court
review the decision taken by the City Court which authorized the use of such weapons by
the Metropolitan Police. The City Court has to decide whether they accept the request or
not, if their answer is negative the Human Rights Observatory has the option of submitting
a complaint.
"We think we have many chances because we made a very solid extraordinary appeal",
said Demian Konfino, lawyer for the Observatory, while reporting the appeal presentation
to the Court, which was also sponsored by the Office of the Ombudsman. The press
conference where the announcement was made shed light on the resistance that this
measure generates in Human Right Organizations: representatives from Amnesty
International, Legal and Social Studies Center (CELS), UTE-Ctera, H.I.J.O.S, The
Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH), among others, were present.
We repudiate its use and want to continue with the prohibition of use that we achieved in
2010", explained Mr. Konfino. The Metropolitan Police can't use these weapons because
of our history, but mostly because it is a legal issue: our constitution and international
treaties that form the law in Argentina prohibits the violation of the rights to life , health and
physical integrity and we have proved that Taser generate damage to these rights" he
added.
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Taser representative in Argentina, Maximiliano Buccello, explained to Infobae TV that this
type of weapon "has a protocol of use as, any other tool that a law enforcement
officer has. That protocol indicates when and how it should be used. There is a scale
based on the kind of aggression that the officer receives, indicating when you can deploy
each tool. Taser CEWs are the previous step to the use of a firearm. It is one more
alternative that the officer has, prior to the use of a firearm".
The specialist explained that these weapons are used when there is a risk to third persons
and, with respect to its effects, Buccello added: "Being during 5 seconds with 19
muscular contractions per second, feels as if you had went to the gym for two
hours".
The representative of Taser in Argentina remarked that "if there is an aggression, there is
no need to put at risk the officer or aggressor health. With this, you can fix in five
seconds, and more damage is avoided, which is what is sought, he said.
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