by Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog
The Fourth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty is 10 days away. This year, our goal is to create stronger barriers against diversion. Why? Here are 10 compelling reasons to tackle diversion: Click each image to send a tweet and help #StopDiversion 1....
by Control Arms | Aug 6, 2018 | Blog
On July 23rd, campaigners from the Cri de Secours contre la Prolifération des Armes Légères (Emergency Call against the Proliferation of Small Arms in Africa – CRISPAL- Afrique) delivered a memorandum to the Governor of the Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic...
by Control Arms | Jul 11, 2018 | Blog
“Jimmy Cliff’s “Wonderful world, beautiful people” is slowly becoming Bob Marley’s “Many more will have to suffer, many more will have to die” in Jamaica. The enveloping warmth of the ever-present sunshine, the breathtaking sunsets caressing the Caribbean sea and the...
by Control Arms | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
Anna Macdonald is the Director of Control Arms. ‘This is what a tipping point looks like’ said the sign held up by a group of teens, along with ‘Watch out I can vote in 7 months’ and ‘Not Representing Americans’. Attending the DC March for Our Lives on Saturday...
