Comment & analysis
Concern over UK’s faltering commitment to transparency
Roy Isbister examines the UK Governments arms U-turn.
30 August 2013
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UK arms exports - lessons still to be learned from the Arab Spring
Roy Isbister looks at the UK governments Arms Exports to unstable regimes.
31 July 2013
Comment & analysis
Arms Trade Treaty, what's happening in New York?
With the Final UN Diplomatic Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty underway Saferworld's Roy Isbister, Head of Arms Transfer Controls discusses negotiations so far.
22 March 2013
Comment & analysis
Securing a robust Arms Trade Treaty
In the run up to the Final UN Diplomatic Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty Saferworld's Roy Isbister, Head of Arms Transfer Controls discusses the key issues that must be addressed to secure an effective treaty.
1 March 2013
Comment & analysis
A step closer to an arms treaty in 2013?
The Arms Trade treaty resolution passed at the recent UN General Assembly First Committee meeting has brought agreement on a robust treaty a significant step closer, says Roy Isbister
22 November 2012
Comment & analysis
A week of little progress
As negotiations for a global Arms Trade Treaty enter their second week, Roy Isbister reports there is still a long way to go to agree a meaningful treaty.
10 July 2012
Comment & analysis
Saferworld report-card on the July 2011 ATT PrepCom
As the dust settles after the fourth and final week of substantive UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Preparatory Committee meetings (PrepComs) in New York, Roy Isbister, Saferworld's Small Arms and Transfer Controls Team Leader, assesses where we now stand.
22 July 2011
Reports & briefings
An independent audit of the UK Government Reports on Strategic Export Controls for 2003 and the first half of 2004
This report an audit of the UK Government Reports on Strategic Export Controls for 2003 and the first half of 2004.
5 January 2005
Reports & briefings
Escaping the subsidy trap
There are few if any economic or employment benefits from the considerable government support to armsexports.
22 September 2004