by Raluca Muresan | Mar 13, 2018 | News
Are States Party ready to engage in substantive discussions around ATT implementation? For over three years Control Arms has urged States Parties to shift their focus from procedural to substantive issues (see: CSP 2017, CSP 2016, ATT Extraordinary Meeting) and...
by Raluca Muresan | Jan 22, 2018 | News
Is the tide turning? Three governments in three weeks have said they will stop selling weapons to countries involved in the war in Yemen. Germany is the latest supplier to announce such a move, saying that as part of negotiations to form a new coalition government it...
by Raluca Muresan | Aug 31, 2015 | News
The first Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty has made progress by laying the foundations for the implementation of the Treaty, but States must show greater urgency and ambition if lives are to be saved. Important progress was made with decisions...
by Raluca Muresan | Nov 26, 2014 | News
Campaigners from around the world joined together in Berlin to call on governments to take action on ATT implementation, ahead of the next round of informal consultations on the Treatytaking place there this week. The majority of campaigners held iconic green...
by Raluca Muresan | Oct 30, 2014 | News
Lebanon has become the 122nd State to sign the Arms Trade Treaty. Their signature could provide further impetus for additional engagement on the ATT from other States from within the Middle East region. Fadi Abi Alam,Executive Director of the Permanent Peace Movement...