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...
by Aaron Lainé | Apr 9, 2019 | News
From 2-5 April 2019, the second and final round of Arms Trade Treaty Working Group & Informal Preparatory Meetings convened in Geneva, allowing ATT States Parties, signatories and observer states, civil society and industry to meet and discuss plans for the Fifth...
by Aaron Lainé | Mar 8, 2019 | Blog
Last week, the UN Security Council held an open debate on the African Union’s (AU) “Silencing the Guns in Africa” campaign, an initiative born out of the AU’s 50th Anniversary Solemn Declaration in which heads of state and government took the ambitious pledge ‘not to...
by Aaron Lainé | Feb 27, 2019 | News
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the highest homicide rate in the world with more than a third of global homicides (36 percent) taking place in LAC countries. In fact, 42 of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world, outside of conflict zones, are...
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
The First Training on the Implementation of the GBV Criteria Takes Place Eastern EuropeMay 20, 2019
Lebanon becomes the ATT’s 102nd State PartyMay 9, 2019