by Raluca Muresan | Sep 8, 2016 | News
The UK government is facing increasing pressure to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia over continued concerns of breaches of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Yemen. The BBC Newsnight programme reported a leaked draft report by the cross-party Committee on Arms...
by Raluca Muresan | Aug 29, 2016 | News
The second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) concluded with a disappointing lack of substantial discussion. In particular, States Parties avoided discussion of arms transfers that are in violation of the ATT – particularly with regard to...
by Raluca Muresan | Aug 23, 2016 | News
Control Arms calls for action as second Conference of States Parties opens in Geneva Geoffrey Duke, Director of the South Sudan Action Network on Small Arms, gave a strong statement as part of the opening High Level panel for the start of the second Conference of...
by Raluca Muresan | Jul 12, 2016 | News
Guatemala became the 87th States Party to the ATT, depositing its ratification instrument to the United Nations in New York on July 12, 2016. Control Arms welcomes the ratification of Guatemala, making it the 22nd States Party from Latin America & the Caribbean,...
by Raluca Muresan | Jun 21, 2016 | News
The ATT Academy got off to a strong start as its first training session opened on Monday 20 June in Lake Nakuru, Kenya. The first day took a focus on the context in which the Treaty exists including human and environmental impact of arms, and included a presentation...
