by Raluca Muresan | Jul 10, 2017 | News
The UK High Court has today ruled against efforts to stop continuing sales of weapons to Saudi Arabia. In spite of the clear risk that bombs, missiles and fighter jets sold by the UK Government could be used to kill civilians in Yemen, today’s judgement has upheld the...
by Raluca Muresan | Apr 10, 2017 | News
Hospitals bombed. Schools used as military bases. Livelihoods in tatters and economies in ruins. Vital resources that could be spent on life-saving services wasted on an endless cycle of armed violence. The proliferation of arms and ammunition drastically undermines...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 22, 2017 | News
Armed violence within pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya has been on the rise as the region grapples with drought and food scarcity. The most recent attack left almost a dozen people dead after cattle herders using assault weapons targeted ranches in the area....
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 3, 2017 | News
On 1 March 2017, Honduras deposited its instrument of ratification for the Arms Trade Treaty, becoming the 10thLatin American State Party to the Treaty. Honduras, due in part to its strategic position as transit state in the drug trade coupled with endemic poverty,...
by Raluca Muresan | Feb 13, 2017 | News
Two sets of meetings took place in Geneva, Switzerland in early February, aimed at bringing the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) process forward and to begin preparations for the third Conference of States Parties (CSP 2017). The first Working Group Meetings, held on 05 – 09...
by Raluca Muresan | Dec 10, 2016 | News
Nonviolence International Southeast Asia and the Royal Thai Police Foreign Affairs Division recently co-organized an Arms Trade Treaty workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, with funding support from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The meeting, which took place on 6-8...
