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Control Arms
Control Arms carries out research and policy analysis to back up our call for tough controls on the arms trade. In this section, you can find reports on different aspects of the arms trade, the human cost of arms proliferation and abuse and detailed policy recommendations on actions that governments should take to ensure they ban irresponsible arms transfers. In different ways, these reports, briefings and policy papers aim to convince governments that they must urgently and effectively regulate the global trade in conventional weapons and munitions...
Compilation of Global Principles for Arms Transfers 2007
The following Principles bring together States’ existing obligations in respect of international transfers of arms and ammunition. The Principles are proposed by a diverse group of non-go...
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How to Apply HR Standards to Arms Transfer Decisions.amnesty.finaL
In order to achieve a more effective and responsible regulation of the international arms trade, all international transfers of conventional weaponry, munitions and equipment (hereinafter...
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Making It Work - Monitoring and Verifying Implementation of an ATT.saferworld
In recent years, there has been a great deal of attention paid to, and discussion of, the ‘what’ of an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), i.e. what should be the scope and draft param...
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Shattered Lives - The Case for Tough International Arms Control
Every day, millions of men, women, and children are living in fear of armed violence. Every minute, one of them is killed. From the gangs of Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles, to the civil w...
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Shooting Down the MDGs.oxfam
Irresponsible arms transfers are undermining many developing countries’ chances of achieving their Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. This paper shows new evidence of how this is ...
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The AK-47 the Worlds Favourite Killing Machine
Kalashnikov assault rifles are the most widespread military weapons in the world. It is estimated that there are between 50 and 70 million of them spread across the world’s five continent...
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The Impact of Guns on Womens Lives
There are estimated to be nearly 650 million small arms in the world today. Nearly 60 per cent of them are in the hands of private individuals – most of them men. And the vast majority of...
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Vital Components of an ATT
Every day, around 2,000 people worldwide die as a result of armed violence. The suffering must end. An Arms Trade Treaty is needed now to stop irresponsible arms transfers from fueling po...
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National Implementation of the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty: Practical Guide
There are three core aspects of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – scope, parameters and implementation – which must all be strong for the ATT to achieve its intended objectives of saving live...
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Chairman's DRAFT 'non-papers' on Elements and Principles
Chairman's Draft Elements, 14th July 2010 Chairman's Draft Principles, 14th July 2010
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Bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty - The Case for Ammunition
According to the Global Burden of Armed Violence report 2008, more than 740,000 people die every year as a result of armed violence; an estimated 90 per cent of victims are civilians, of ...
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Deadly Movements - Transportation Controls in the Arms Trade Treaty
Amnesty International, 2010 Effective regulation of the global trade in conventional arms must include adequate provisions to control the physical movement of arms across international b...
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