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 | Mar 23, 2016 | News
On Wednesday, 23 March, the UK Parliament’s Committee on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) met for an inquiry to discuss the evidence and impact of UK weapons being used against civilians in Yemen. Control Arms members Roy Isbister of Saferworld, Oliver Sprague of Amnesty...
by Raluca Muresan | 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 Raluca Muresan | 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...
