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Court action to implement the Arms Trade Treaty
Originally published on the Forum on the Arms Trade's Looking Ahead blog, Roy Isbister looks at the UK High Court hearing in 2017 to review the legality of UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia in light of violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen.
19 December 2016
Reports & briefings
Ensuring effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty: a national assessment methodology
The first international treaty of its kind, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) sets out rules to govern the international transfer of conventional arms.
22 August 2016
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EU arms exports to Saudi Arabia in the context of the war in Yemen are illegal
Kloe Tricot O’Farrell and Roy Isbister say EU Member States that are supplying arms to Saudi Arabia that could be used in Yemen are complicit in the catastrophe unfolding in the country.
18 December 2015
Comment & analysis
An ill wind for EU arms transfer controls
It is not just France’s credibility at stake over the way it has handled a sale of two Mistral class assault ships to Russia, says Roy Isbister, but the credibility of the whole EU Common Position on arms transfers.
21 November 2014
Comment & analysis
Un mauvais vent pour les contrôles de transferts d’armes de l’UE
Selon Roy Isbister, ce n’est pas seulement la crédibilité de la France qui est menacée par la manière dont le pays a géré la vente de deux porte-hélicoptères d’assaut Mistral à la Russie, mais la crédibilité de la Position commune de l’UE sur les transferts d’armes toute entière.
21 November 2014
Reports & briefings
An ill wind: How the sale of Mistral warships to Russia is undermining EU arms transfer controls
In 2011 France agreed a contract to supply Russia with two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships - the first major arms sale to Russia by a NATO state.
21 November 2014
Comment & analysis
EU reporting on arms transfers: calling for greater transparency
As Saferworld's newly updated EU arms transfer transparency website launches we look at EU member states repotring on arms.
21 March 2014
Comment & analysis
Concern over UK’s faltering commitment to transparency
Roy Isbister examines the UK Governments arms U-turn.
30 August 2013
Comment & analysis
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