by Raluca Muresan | Feb 16, 2016 | News
Peru has become the 81st States Party to the ATT, depositing its ratification instrument to the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, 16 February, 2016. Ana Maria Watson, Peruvian Control Arms campaigner, and Director of Instituto de Seguridad y Derechos Humanos...
by Raluca Muresan | Jan 27, 2016 | News
Immediately following a robust year of accessions and ratifications in Africa, Lesotho has become the 80th States Party to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Their instrument of ratification was deposited at the United Nations in New York on 25th January 2016 by H.E. Mr....
by Raluca Muresan | Dec 23, 2015 | News
Ghana has become the 79th State Party to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), just days before the Treaty’s first anniversary of entering into force. Their instrument of ratification was deposited at the United Nations in New York on 22 December 2015. Throughout the Treaty...
by Raluca Muresan | Dec 16, 2015 | News
The British Government is breaking national, EU and international law and policy by supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia in the context of its military intervention and bombing campaign in Yemen, according to a legal analysis by eminent international law experts...
by Raluca Muresan | Dec 7, 2015 | News
On 7 December, the UN General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty Resolution in a vote that included even more supporting states than the resolution’s preceding First Committee vote. In the UNGA vote, 157 States voted in favour of the resolution, with none opposed...
by Raluca Muresan | Nov 5, 2015 | News
On 4 November, the UN First Committee adopted the Arms Trade Treaty Resolution (UN L.54). 150 States voted in favour of the resolution, with zero opposed and 26 abstentions. This year’s resolution voting result was evocative of last year’s ATT vote. There were only...
