Export controls: torture and capital punishment goods
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Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Legislation
- Associated secondary legislation
- How the Torture Goods Regulations affect exporters
- Regulating trade in certain kinds of equipment
- Goods that are prohibited
- Goods that require an export authorisation
- Export controls in relation to other regulatory controls for drugs
- Additional UK controls on drugs
- Apply for an export licence
- General Export Authorisation (GEA)
- Standard individual export licence (SIEL)
- Compliance checks
- Contacts
- ECJU helpline
- Home Office Drugs Licensing and Compliance Unit
Source and licence
Export Control Joint Unit
AttributionExport Control Joint Unit, ‘Export controls: torture and capital punishment goods’ (updated 8 September 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026