Tasers can be instrument of torture, says UN / The Register, 26 November 2007
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/26/un_taser_verdict/
Lester Haines
"Further Taser-related deaths fuel controversy
The UN's Committee Against Torture has declared that Taser use can constitute a form of torture, contrary to the UN's convention against the same."