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Patrick Wilcken

Patrick Wilcken

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Latin America
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Researcher | Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty International secretariat
Languages:
English
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Phone:
+44 (0)20 7413 5703

Patrick Wilcken has over a decade of experience working on international human rights, most recently related to the trade in arms and security equipment. His work has covered diversion of small arms in the Iraq, Syria and Yemen; illegal arms brokering in the UK; the trade in torture equipment; and the human rights responsibilities of the defense sector. He previously worked as a researcher on human rights in Brazil and is the author of two acclaimed non-fiction books. 

Featured Publications

States Have an Opportunity to Lead on a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

Just Security | October 12, 2023.
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Outsourcing Responsibility: Human Rights in the Defense Sector

Amnesty International | September 9, 2019.
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When arms go astray, Yemen's deadly new threat of arms diversion to militias

Amnesty International | 2019
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Publications

  • States Have an Opportunity to Lead on a Torture-Free Trade Treaty
    Just Security | October 12, 2023.
  • Outsourcing Responsibility: Human Rights in the Defense Sector
    Amnesty International | September 9, 2019.
  • When arms go astray, Yemen's deadly new threat of arms diversion to militias
    Amnesty International | 2019
  • Missing targets: the legal and ethical blind spots of arms manufacturers
    Amnesty Global Insights | June 13, 2018.
  • From London to Juba: A-UK Registered Company's Role in One of the Largest Arms Deals to South Sudan
    Amnesty International | 2017

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