The UN has publicly condemned the UK for allowing police to use 50,000 volt tasers on children and toddlers, and has called on the government to “stop tasering children”. The British government will face a six-hour round of questioning in Switzerland over its non-compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a result of their illegal practises. Postnews.co reports: The last time the UK was measured up against the convention, in 2008, the UN said that it wanted England and Wales to treat “Taser guns and AEPs [attenuating energy projectiles] as weapons subject to the applicable rules and restrictions and put an end to the use of all harmful devices on children”. British police started using Tasers in 2003. Police use of stun guns has increased since that hearing, with 38 per cent more incidents in which they were aimed at children in England and Wales in 2013 than the previous year. Tasers fire two darts, and temporarily disable their targets with a five-second discharge of 50,000 volts that contracts the muscles and bewilders the nervous system. A UN source said the UK has been asked to provide data on police Taser use, as well as the [...]