by Control Arms | Jun 11, 2018 | News
Control Arms calls on all states to immediately suspend arms transfers and military support to warring parties in the conflict in Yemen. The pending assault on the port city of Hodeidah, led by the UAE with air support from Saudi Arabia, would have catastrophic...
by Control Arms | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog
Ben Donaldson is Head of Campaigns at the United Nations Association – UK, a British charity and grassroots organisation devoted to building support for an effective United Nations. Ben leads the Association’s work on arms control. Whatever good the UK might be doing...
by Control Arms | 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 Control Arms | Sep 29, 2017 | News
Today, the Human Rights Council in Geneva made progress towards achieving peace, justice, and accountability in Yemen by mandating a formal investigation into human rights abuses by all parties in the country. “Finally, the Human Rights Council is prioritizing the...
by Control Arms | Sep 22, 2017 | News
Stop arms transfers that fuel atrocities: Reduce human suffering. That was the urgent call to governments from Control Arms members from Africa, Americas, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and the Pacific as they gathered in Geneva last week for the third annual...