Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

The Arms Trade Treaty is the only international treaty covering a wide-range of conventional weapons. It entered into force in 2014 and includes provisions requiring assessments before arms are transferred, and public reporting, amongst other provisions.

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ReArm Europe and the Rule of Law

European Defence & Security Law & Policy Quarterly | August 27, 2026.

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Should We Separate Military From Security? with Anna Stavrianakis

Apple Podcasts | August 12, 2026.

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Why Kenya should join the Arms Trade Treaty

Saferworld | August 10, 2026.

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Locked out during lockdown: an analysis of UN system during COVID-19 | Reaching Critical Will | September 28, 2020. | Ray Acheson
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CCW Report, Volume 8, No. 1 | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 8, No. 1 | Ray Acheson
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New Book Shows Catastrophic Folly of Automating Warfare | International Committee for Robot Arms Control | September 20, 2020. | Matthew Breay Bolton
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First Committee Briefing Book 2020 | Reaching Critical Will | 2020 | Laura Boillot, Natalie Goldring
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Killer Optics: Exports of WESCAM sensors to Turkey | Project Ploughshares | 2020 | Kelsey Gallagher
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Demobilising war | Women's League for International Peace and Freedom | August 25, 2020. | Ray Acheson
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The Arms Trade Treaty In 2020—A Lost Year? | Reaching Critical Will | Volume 13, No. 3 | Maria Pia Devoto
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Reporting on Conventional Arms Transfers and Transfer Controls: Improving Coordination and Increasing Engagement | SIPRI | August 2020 | Mark Bromley
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South Africa should end its trade and use of torture equipment | ISS Today | July 28, 2020. | Gugu Dube
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Isolated incidents': The legal absurdity of UK arms sales for Saudi war in Yemen | Middle East Eye | July 23, 2020. | Anna Stavrianakis
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Battling the true enemy: A comparative analysis of government spending on health and military in the context of a health crisis | APP-SEHLAC | July 1, 2020. | Maria Pia Devoto
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The trade in tools of torture: a South African case study | Institute for Security Studies | June 19, 2020. | Gugu Dube
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Using official development assistance to strengthen small arms and light weapons controls: Opportunities and risks | SIPRI | June 18, 2020. | Mark Bromley
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New Directions in Women, Peace and Security | New Directions in Women, Peace and Security | June 12, 2020. | Anna Stavrianakis
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Staying Safe & Documenting Abandoned or Mis-fired Riot Control Munitions | Mines Action Canada | June 3, 2020. | Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
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The importance of Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Reporting for the implementation of the Oslo Action Plan | University of Liège | April 30, 2020. | Lode Dewaegheneire
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With Coronavirus Spreading, Time to Repurpose the Arms Industry to Meet Human Need | Oxfam International | April 30, 2020. | Martin Butcher
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Multilateralism in the Era of COVID 19 | Stimson Center | April 8, 2020. | Verity Coyle
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The UK feigns ignorance, but five years on it's still intimately involved in Yemen's war | The Guardian | March 31, 2020. | Anna Stavrianakis
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Mexico’s Amnesty Proposal: An Instrument of Transitional Justice? | Just Security | 2020 | León Castellanos-Jankiewicz
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Latin America Europe Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians
VÅPENEKSPORT OG KRIGEN I JEMEN: Utilstrekkelige risikovurderinger og svakheter i norsk regelverk | Save the Children Norway and Changemaker | February 26, 2020. | Daniel Mack
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A search for common ground: export controls on surveillance technology and the role of the EU | about:intel | February 12, 2020. | Mark Bromley
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Biden's announcement on Yemen is a hopeful sign – now the UK must follow suit | The Guardian | February 8, 2020. | Anna Stavrianakis
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Britain must be held to | The Guardian | January 24, 2020. | Anna Stavrianakis
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14 empty airframes: public–private relations in the Swedish arms industry | Economics of Peace and Security Journal | 2020 | Linda Åkerström
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