by Control Arms | Nov 20, 2016 | News
Over 35 senior military officers from SADC and East African Community regions attended an in depth session on “The Universalization of the Arms Trade Treaty” hosted by Dr. Peter B. Mcomalla, peace and security expert and Executive Director of Human Rights, Education...
by Control Arms | Oct 24, 2016 | News
Control Arms and Zambia hosted an informal lunch at UNGA First Committee to discuss new research by Matthew Bolton of Pace University, on how the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) can address the violent nexus between wildlife crime and illicit arms trafficking. The report was...
by Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | Jul 29, 2014 | News
Over the past two weeks, the media has been full of stories of violent conflict escalating in Ukraine, Gaza, South Sudan, Iraq and Syria. While these conflicts have many causes, in all cases the presence of irresponsibly or illegally traded weapons is fuelling an...
