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Amnesty International Calling for Arms Embargo on Israel

May 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

Joining the many voices condemning the violations of international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, Control Arms member Amnesty International has called for an arms embargo to Israel. Amnesty...

ATT Academy Latin America Launches in Mexico City

Apr 27, 2018 | 0 Comments

Twenty-six government and civil society representatives and fifteen experts spent four days participating in the first in-person session of the ATT Academy in Latin America.

Some Progress at ATT Meetings

Mar 13, 2018 | 0 Comments

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...

Three countries stop arms sales to warring parties in Yemen

Jan 22, 2018 | 1 Comment

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...

ATT implementation and universalisation events at UNGA First Committee

Nov 6, 2017 | 0 Comments

Control Arms organised multiple side events and roundtable during First Committee this year. These events offered an opportunity to discuss challenges to the ATT process and present concrete solutions – ranging from the practical implementation of the gender-based...

ICAN is awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Nuclear Ban Treaty

Oct 6, 2017 | 0 Comments

Control Arms welcomes the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN, and its successful campaign for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. ICAN has powerfully communicated the global catastrophe that would result from nuclear war, and the immense...

First Step Towards Accountability in Yemen

Sep 29, 2017 | 0 Comments

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...

Big on Process, Short on Substance

Sep 22, 2017 | 0 Comments

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...

Campaigners’ Message to CSP 2017: Stop ‘shuffling paper’ and Start Saving Lives

Sep 12, 2017 | 0 Comments

Control Arms campaigners from around the world gathered this morning in front of the United Nations in Geneva to draw attention to the human suffering caused by armed violence in many places from Yemen and Honduras to Papua New Guinea and South Sudan. They urged...

Reflections on the UK High Court Decision on arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Aug 25, 2017 | 0 Comments

When Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) took the UK Government to Court over the legality of its decisions to approve arms transfers to Saudi Arabia for use in the Yemen conflict, hopes were high that this might prove a watershed moment in the struggle to bring the...