Research and Reports

Resources

The Control Arms Coalition and its individual and associated members carry out research and policy development in order to define and champion the highest standards needed to achieve a robust Arms Trade Treaty.

LATEST RELEASES

NOV 2021: Arms Trade Treaty Regional Actor Study [FRENCH] [SPANISH]

APR 2019: Interpreting the Arms Trade Treaty: International Human Rights Law and Gender-Based Violence in Article 7 Risk Assessments

JAN 2019: Fact sheet on Gender in the ATT

JAN 2019: Question & Answer Sheet: Serious Human Rights Violations and Gender-Based Violence in the Arms Trade Treaty

DEC 2018: Taming the Devil Within: How to use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Diversion in Latin America

Aug 2018: How to Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Gender-based Violence: A Practical Guide for Risk Assessment [FRENCH] [SPANISH]

Sept 2017: Goals not Guns: How the Sustainable Development Goals and the Arms Trade Treaty are Interlinked [FRENCH]

MAR 2017: How to Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Armed Violence in Pastoralist Communities [FRENCH]

SEP 2016: How to Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Wildlife Crime [FRENCH]

AUG 2016: Achieving ATT Universalization in Africa [FRENCH]

JUN 2016: Coming Full Circle: The relevance of Arms Control and Disarmament Instruments to Target 16.4and the 2030 Agenda

FEB 2016: Looking Ahead: Making the ATT Work

DEC 2015: Using the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Wildlife Poaching in East Africa: A Human Security Approach

ATT Practical Guides

This is a non-exhaustive list of practical guides developed to assist States to apply International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law and Socio-Economic Development to arms transfer decisions.

Arms Trade Treaty: Model Law: Government of New Zealand and Small Arms Survey

National Implementation of the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty: CITS, Oxfam, Saferworld (2010)

Summary: [English] [Spanish] [French]

Applying Sustainable Development to Arms Transfer Decisions: Oxfam (2009) [English] [Spanish] [French]

Applying Human Rights Standards to Arms Transfer Decisions: Amnesty International (2008) [Spanish] [French] [Arabic]

Applying International Humanitarian Law Criteria: ICRC (2007) [Spanish] [French] [Chinese]

Control Arms Statements and Submissions

Submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

On the Impact of the Diversion of Arms and Unregulated or Illicit Arms Transfers on the Human Rights of Women and Girls (16 April 2020)
On the Impact of Arms Transfers on the Enjoyment of Human Rights (03 February 2017)

Resources from Other Organizations

Combating the Illicit Arms Trade With the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Training Guide for Working with Pacific Governments, Nathan Page, Pacific Small Arms Action Group

Towards a Universal Arms Trade Treaty: Understanding Barriers and Challenges in South-East Asia (October 2016) Giacomo Persi Paoli, Elli Kytomaki – RAND Corporation

The Arms Trade Treaty in the Pacific: A Training Guide for Working with Pacific Governments (September 2016) Pacific Small Arms Action Group

Combating the Illicit Arms Trade with the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms & Light Weapons: A Training Guide for Working with Pacific Governments (September 2016) Pacific Small Arms Action Group

The Programme of Action, the Arms Trade Treaty, and the UN Register of Conventional Arms: Seeking Synergy and Overcoming Challenges
(June 2016) by International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)

Preventing Gender-Based Violence Through Arms Control: tools and guidelines to implement the Arms Trade Treaty and UN Programme of Action (April 2016), Reaching Critical Will

Key issues for ATT implementation: Preventing and combating diversion (February 2015), Saferworld

Key issues for ATT implementation: Information exchange under the ATT, (January 2015), Saferworld

How Joining the Arms Trade Treaty Can Help Advance Development Goals (December 2014) Chatham House

Control Arms Reports (Archived)

2013

Save Lives [French] [Spanish]

Finishing the Job: Delivering a Bulletproof ATT: Control Arms
Import and Transit Considerations in an Arms Trade Treaty: Control Arms
“Getting it Right” Report (March 2013) by Oxfam International & Saferworld. [Spanish] [French] [Arabic]
Aiming for Control: The Need to Include Ammunition in the ATT
by PRIO Peace and Research Institute Oslo – 2013
Gender-based violence and the Arms Trade Treaty: reflections from a campaigning and legal perspective
by Oxfam – November 2013

2012
The Final Countdown Compendium A Historic Opportunity (E-Book- Kindle, iTunes)
Putting Women’s Rights into the Arms Trade Treaty: Oxfam, Saferworld, Womenkind, UNA-UK, UN Program Action Committee
Armed Robbery: How the poorly regulated arms trade is paralyzing development: Control Arms, Oxfam
Stop a Bullet, stop a war: Why ammunition must be included in the Arms Trade Treaty: Control Arms, Oxfam
The Devil is in the Detail: The Importance of comprehensive and legally binding criteria for arms transfers: Oxfam
Transparency and Accountability: Monitoring and Reporting Methods Under an Arms Trade Treaty: International Peace Information Service and TransArms-R

2011
Implementation: June 2011: Control Arms
Arms Transfers to the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons for an Effective Arms Trade Treaty: Amnesty International
An Implementation Framework for the Arms Trade Treaty: Saferworld
Our Right To Know: Transparent Reporting Under an Arms Trade Treaty: Amnesty International
Small But Lethal: Small Arms Ammunition and the ATT: PRIO, Norwegian Church Aid ActAlliance, Forum for Environment and Development
How an Arms Trade Treaty Can Help Prevent Armed Violence: Amnesty International and IANSA

2010
Arms Trade Killer Facts: Amnesty International
Deadly Movements: Transportation Controls in the ATT: Amnesty International

2009

Scope: Type of Transfers: Saferworld
Scope: Type of Weapons: Saferworld
The ATT and Military Equipment: Saferworld
The ATT: Countering Myths and Misperceptions: Amnesty International, Insituto Sou da Paz, OXFAM, Project Ploughshares, Saferworld and Albert Schweitzer Institute
Stopping the Terror Trade: Human Rights Rules in the ATT: Amnesty International

2008
Towards an Arms Trade Treaty: Perspective of Countries in Latin America
Blood at the Crossroads – Executive Summary: Amnesty International
Shooting Down the MDGs: Oxfam
Making it Work: Monitoring and Verifying Implementation of an ATT: Saferworld
Blood at the Crossroads: Making the Case for a Global ATT: Amnesty International

2007

Africa’s Missing Billions: International Arms Flows And The Cost Of Conflict: IANSA, Oxfam, Saferworld

2006
The Arms Trade Treaty and Central American Existing Law: Arias Foundation
UN Arms Embargoes – Overview of the last 10 years: Amnesty International, Control Arms, IANSA, Oxfam
The AK47 – World’s Favorite Killing Machine: Control Arms, Oxfam
Arms Without Borders: Why A Global Trade Needs Global Controls (Full): Amnesty International, Control Arms, IANSA, Oxfam
Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict: Oxfam

2005
Towards An ATT: Next Steps For The PoA: Control Arms, Amnesty International
Impact of Guns on Womens’ Lives: Amnesty International, Control Arms, Stop Violence Against Women

2003
Shattered Lives: The Case for Tough International Arms Control: Amnesty International, Control Arms, and Oxfam

ATT Monitor

2021The ATT Monitor, an independent project of Control Arms, is the de facto international monitoring mechanism for the ATT and serves as a source of information on the implementation of, and compliance with, the Treaty. Its research and analysis serves to strengthen Treaty implementation efforts and improve the transparency of the conventional arms trade.

ATT Monitor Reports