The Arms Trade Litigation Monitor (ATLM)

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of legal challenges to government decisions to export arms. These include challenges centred on the supply of conventional arms at risk of being used in the protracted conflict in Yemen, which has had devastating consequences for the lives and livelihoods of communities and the infrastructure on which they rely for basic needs, with catastrophic developmental impacts. In 2024 a new wave of legal challenges to arms transfers was initiated in response to Israel's conduct in Gaza.

Our work

The Arms Trade Litigation Monitor (ATLM) – a joint initiative of Saferworld, the Emergent Justice Collective and the International Commission of Jurists – was launched in 2023 to raise awareness of ongoing and increasing efforts to challenge problematic arms-supply relationships through legal action. The ATLM documents and monitors legal challenges to international arms transfers, provides commentary and analysis of legal interventions and related initiatives, facilitates the exchange of knowledge and development of best practices, and aims to develop and resource further legal interventions.

Through the ATLM, we convene legal practitioners and policy experts from around the world to discuss emerging trends and challenges related to strategic litigation that involves international arms transfers.

Explore the website of the Arms Trade Litigation Monitor here: https://armstradelitigationmonitor.org/

News and analysis

UK continues to provision Israel’s F-35 fighter aircraft despite finding Israel at clear risk of breaking international law

UK continues to provision Israel’s F-35 fighter aircraft despite finding Israel at clear risk of breaking international law

3 September 2024

Launching the new Arms Trade Litigation Monitor website

Launching the new Arms Trade Litigation Monitor website

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Publications

Domestic accountability for international arms transfers: Law, policy and practice

Reports & briefings

Domestic accountability for international arms transfers: Law, policy and practice

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