by Raluca Muresan | Mar 24, 2016 | News
The work of the Control Arms Coalition and the Arms Trade Treaty are a major feature in the newly redesigned and reopened American Air Museum in Cambridge, part of the UK’s Imperial War Museums. Control Arms Director Anna Macdonald is featured in a showcase about her...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 23, 2016 | News
On Wednesday, 23 March, the UK Parliament’s Committee on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) met for an inquiry to discuss the evidence and impact of UK weapons being used against civilians in Yemen. Control Arms members Roy Isbister of Saferworld, Oliver Sprague of Amnesty...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 4, 2016 | News
As States Parties to the ATT met in Geneva for their Extraordinary Meeting, Greece became the 82nd States Party to the ATT, depositing its ratification instrument to the United Nations in New York on 29 February, 2016. Control Arms welcomes the ratification of Greece,...
by Raluca Muresan | Mar 1, 2016 | News
Note: A full, detailed summary is available here. It may have been called the Extraordinary Meeting of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, but the only extraordinary thing about the meeting was the refusal of States to actually discuss arms transfers. Over 75...
by Raluca Muresan | Feb 29, 2016 | News
Control Arms today requested the ATT States Party meeting in Geneva to have an emergency agenda item on the arms sales to Saudi Arabia that are fueling the suffering of civilians in Yemen. This request was declined by the Chair, who said there was not enough time to...
by Raluca Muresan | Feb 26, 2016 | News
GENEVA: Campaigners are today calling on governments due to attend the latest round of discussions on the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Geneva on Monday to set their hypocrisy aside and stop selling billions of dollars worth of deadly weapons to...