Michael Crowley (2014). Beyond the Horizon: "Wide Area" Riot Control Agents Means of Delivery and Their Relevance to the CWC, BWC and UNSCR 1540, Policy Paper 4, Biochemical Security 2030 Project, University of Bath, February. Click here
Michael Crowley,Project Coordinator, Bradford Non-lethal Weapon Research Project. Regulation of “wide area” riot control agent delivery mechanisms under the CWC, OPCW, Open Forum Meeting, 12th April 2013. Click here,
Michael Crowley, University of Bradford and Joe Farha, Omega Research Foundation. Statement on behalf of Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Project and the Omega Research Foundation delivered to the 3rd CWC Review Conference, 10th April 2013, the Hague. Click here
Crowley M. (2013) Drawing the Line: Regulation of "wide area" riot control agent delivery mechanisms under the Chemical Weapons Convention, April 2013. Click here
Crowley M. (2011) Destruction by Turkey of all remaining 120mm mortar munitions containing CS A briefing note for CWC States Parties1 12th September 2011. Click here
Letter from the Turkish Ambassador to the OPCW (25 February, 2011). Click here
Letter from the Turkish Permenant Representation to the OPCW (8 July, 2011). Click here
Crowley M. (2011)The production and promotion by a Russian Federation company of a range of munitions containing chemical irritants: A briefing note for CWC States Partiesi 12th September 2011. Click here
Crowley M. (2011) The Production and Promotion of 120mm munitions containing CS: An updated briefing note for CWC States Parties April/May 2011. Click here
Regulation of incapacitants, riot control agents and their means of delivery under the Chemical Weapons Convention, OPCW, Open Forum Meeting, 29th November 2010, Michael Crowley,Project Coordinator, Bradford Nonlethal Weapon Research Project. Powerpoint Presentation. Click here
Michael Crowley, The Production and Promotion of 120mm munitions containing CS: A Briefing Note for CWC States Parties attending CSP-15 , 29th November 2010. Click here
Michael Crowley, Geneva Forum Meeting: ‘Humane’ Violence? ‘Non-lethal’ Weapons in Policy, Practice and Law. Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of incapacitants, riot control agents and their means of delivery under the Chemical Weapons Convention Project coordinator, Bradford Nonlethal Weapon Research Project, Room XI, Palais des Nations, United Nations Geneva, 26th November 2009. Click here
Michael Crowley, Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of Incapacitants and Riot Control Agents Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, OPCW Open Forum Meeting, 2nd December, 2009 Project coordinator Bradford Nonlethal Weapon Research Project. Click here - See also the OPCW Open Forum webpage. Click here
Michael Crowley, Toxic traps - weaknesses of the chemical control regime, Janes Intelligence Review. Click here
Chris Schneidmiller, NTI: Global Security Newswire. Danger of "Nonlethal" Agents Grows Amid States' Inaction, Report Says Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Click here
Michael Crowley. The state and the body: a chemical-weapons test, OpenDemocracy, 26 October 2009. Click here
Michael Crowley, Dangerous Ambiguities: Regulation of Riot Control Agents and Incapacitants under the Chemical Weapons Convention, 2009, Bradford Non‐lethal Weapons Research Project, University of Bradford, October 2009. Click here
Press Release, University research highlights dangers of incapacitating chemical weapons and widespread misuse of riot control agents. Click here
Executive Summary, Dangerous ambiguities and weaknesses in the CWC control regime. Click here
Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando, Submission To Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry on Global Security: Non-Proliferation 6th November 2008. Click here
Neil Davison, 'Non-Lethal' Weapons. Global Issues, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Click here
BDRC REPORT: 'Off the Rocker' and 'On the Floor': The Continued Development of Biochemical Incapacitating Weapons [PDF] Bradford Science and Technology Report No. 8, Neil Davison, August 2007.
Click here for past BDRC Science and Technology Reports.
OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 3: The Contemporary Development of "Non-Lethal" Weapons [PDF], Neil Davison, May 2007.
OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 2: The Development of "Non-Lethal" Weapons During the 1990’s [PDF], Neil Davison, March 2007.
OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 1: The Early History of "Non-Lethal" Weapons [PDF], Neil Davison, December 2006.
RESEARCH REPORT: BNLWRP Research Report No. 8 [PDF], Neil Davison and Nick Lewer, March 2006.
OPINION: Electrical
stun weapons: alternative to lethal force or a compliance tool? [PDF],
Nick Lewer and Neil Davison, January 2006.
Argument against the expansion of Taser deployment in the UK.
Click here for past BNLWRP research reports, papers and presentations.
Research Objectives | Project Staff
The Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project is based in the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
Professor Malcolm Dando
Malcolm Dando is a Professor of International Security in the Department of
Peace Studies. For a detailed biography click here.
Dr. Nick Lewer
Nick Lewer is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Peace Studies.
Mr. Michael Crowley [e-mail]