European Union could ban ‘Mosquito’ devices because they infringe children’s human rights
European Union could ban ‘Mosquito’ devices because they infringe children’s human rights
‘Mosquito’ devices which emit high-pitched whine to help disperse teenagers from street corners could be banned by the European Union
on the grounds that they infringe children’s human rights.
Christopher Hope
11 Mar 2010
A committee of MEPs voted unanimously for a Europe-wide ban on the marketing, sale and use of the Mosquito acoustic youth dispersal devices in all public places.
They said the devices treat young people “as if they were unwanted birds or pests” and that their use was tantamount to degrading treatment prohibited by the European Convention on Human Rights.
The committee said the devices also constituted a “disproportionate interference with the right to respect for one’s private life, including the right to respect for one’s physical integrity”.
The devices could even contravene the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular regarding health and safety.
It sends out a powerful acoustic signal audible to almost all young people under the age of 20 years but barely noticeable to anyone over the age of 25.
Teenagers exposed to this type of noise are forced to leave the immediate area.
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