European Working Group on Non-Lethal Weapons

Several European organisations are currently developing and implementing non-lethal capabilities. This enables many emerging and non-traditional threats (which may appear in low intensity, asymmetric conflicts, peace support, and anti-terrorism operations) to be countered with an innovative solution.

Non-Lethal weapons are of interest to both the military and law enforcement agencies as, in many cases, the character of the scenarios might be similar. Non-lethal weapons can be seen as having dual-use application and they provide armed forces, law enforcement agencies, and policy makers with additional options to respond in a tailored and graduated manner.

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Our missions

Interacts with related organisations

The EWG-NLW encourages bi- and multi-lateral collaboration between Nations and International Organizations

Organises information exchange, meets at least twice a year

The International Committee meets at least twice a year and share relevant information at the occasion

Facilitates programmes and joint projects of partners

The EWG-NLW facilitates cooperation between the main actors in the domain

Can help with advice and support to government activities

The EWG-NLW is possibly the only organization mixing Military and Law-Enforcement experts. It can therefore advice on a very wide range of topics

Organises Europe´s largest scientific symposium on NLW

The biennial NLW Symposium, which was first held in 2000, is an ideal forum to discuss ideas, advances, requirements in an interdisciplinary framework

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