by Aaron Lainé | Oct 7, 2019 | News
The UNGA First Committee programme of work has not been adopted, as expected, on Thursday, 03 October and the Committee’s work was suspended today, 07 October as a small group of states have blocked agreement by consensus on the Committee’s programme of work. This is...
by Aaron Lainé | Sep 2, 2019 | News
Last week, from 26-30 August 2019, Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) States Parties, signatories and observers gathered at the International Conference Center in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss progress made over the last year in Treaty implementation and universalisation. The...
by Aaron Lainé | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog
1. The Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty is 10 days away. This year’s conference focuses on gender & gender-based violence (GBV), and explores how the ATT can be used to address it. 2. The Arms Trade Treaty is the first...
by Aaron Lainé | Jun 20, 2019 | News
The UK Court of Appeal finds the Government has been acting irrationally and unlawfully with respect to its arms exports to Saudi Arabia. The UK Government must now stop its immoral and illegal arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The UK Court of Appeal made a landmark...
by Aaron Lainé | May 9, 2019 | News
Lebanon has become the 102nd State Party to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) after depositing its instrument of ratification at the UN on Thursday, 9 May 2019. As the second ATT State Party in the Middle East, after Palestine’s accession in 2017, Lebanon’s ratification...
The 74th UNGA First Committee gets underway in NYCOctober 7, 2019
ATT Fifth Conference of States Parties ends in GenevaSeptember 2, 2019
Canada Becomes 104 State to Join the ATTJune 21, 2019
Hope for Yemen as UK Court deems UK Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Illegal & IrrationalJune 20, 2019
Botswana’s accession brings the tally to 103 ATT States Parties!June 7, 2019