by Raluca Muresan | Jun 20, 2016 | News
Ten years ago, Kenyan cattle-rustler turned peace activist Julius Arile presented Control Arms’ “Million Faces” petition to the UN Secretary General in New York, calling for States to begin developing an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). This week in Nairobi, his story was...
by Raluca Muresan | May 24, 2016 | News
There were strong words from Control Arms partners at the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) this week, as governments were called upon to live up to their legal and moral obligations, and stop arms transfers that fuel humanitarian suffering. Speaking at a High Level...
by Raluca Muresan | May 10, 2016 | News
Participants from eight South East Asian and Pacific Island countries (Cambodia, Fiji, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vanuatu) came together in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for a Training Workshop on the ATT Laws and Implementation...
by Raluca Muresan | Apr 8, 2016 | News
It’s been one year since the Garissa University attack, in Kenya, where 147 students have lost their lives in a tragic terrorist attack. Thousands of people gathered to commemorate the victims by braving the scorching sun and completing a five kilometer “remembrance...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 31, 2016 | News
Control Arms members join forces in pushing for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s accession to the Arms Trade Treaty. Femmes des Médias pour la Justice au Congo (FMJC), WILPF-DRC and Vision Gram-International have been working together to raise awareness and advocate...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 29, 2016 | News
Reported by Dr Robert Mtonga March 15-19, 2016 were red-letter days in Zambia’s quest to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty, with the Ministry of Defence, the lead agency in the process, announcing formally at two separate but related seminars that all due processes have...
