Although the first paragraph of Article 24 of the Staff Regulations is primarily conceived in order to protect officials against attacks and ill-treatment emanating from third parties, it also imposes a duty of assistance on the administration where the author of the acts referred to by that provision is another official.

K. whereas the list of items and equipment whose trade is controlled by Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 does not include some policing and security equipment, currently traded internationally, which may have legitimate law enforcement or penal uses when its use is regulated in accordance with international human rights obligations and law enforcement best practice standards, but which is widely misused for torture or other ill-treatment, including handcuffs, batons and other hand-held impact devices, high-voltage electric-shock ...[+++]stun weapons operating below 10 000 volts, as well as specially designed components and accessories for controlled and prohibited equipment,

L. whereas the list of items and equipment whose trade is controlled by Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 does not include some policing and security equipment, currently traded internationally, which may have legitimate law enforcement or penal uses when their use is regulated in accordance with international human rights obligations and law enforcement best practice standards, but which are widely misused for torture or other ill-treatment, including handcuffs, batons and other hand-held impact devices, high-voltage electric-shoc ...[+++]k stun weapons operating below 10 000 volts, as well as specially designed components and accessories for controlled and prohibited equipment,

L. whereas in 2007 two reports published by Israeli NGOs showed that Palestinian prisoners are subjected to physical ill-treatment and deprived of basic necessities, such as food and sleep, for more than 24 hours; whereas these facts were confirmed in the report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) entitled 'No Defence: Soldier Violence against Palestinian Detainees' published on 22 June 2008; whereas although the phenomenon of violence against Palestinian detainees by soldiers is well known, only a small number of investigations and legal proceedings concerning cases of abuse by soldiers have been conducted; whereas ...[+++] this violence and harassment is sometimes designed to pressure Palestinian detainees into becoming collaborators or informants for Israel,

This Directive should not apply to matters covered by other Directives implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women, notably Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services , inter alia, Article 5 of Directive 2004/113/EC on insurance and related financial services remains applicable.

In spite of the Toronto Declaration from the World Health Organisation and the United Nations' mention of the abuse of older people in the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, Member States have implemented legislation that deals with the related issue of domestic violence but that omits specific reference to protection for vulnerable older people.