Resources

Warpod: Ten years of the Arms Trade Treaty

As we mark ten years since the Arms Trade Treaty entered into force, Roy Isbister and Elizabeth Kirkham from Saferworld’s Arms Unit tell us about their experience of working on the global treaty to regulate the international arms trade.

Making the case for de-escalation in the UK's Strategic Defence Review

As a new UK Strategic Defence Review gets underway, a series of complex interconnected crises from the Middle East to the Horn of Africa must prompt a much greater emphasis on de-escalation. Charlie Linney and Lewis Brooks propose three areas where UK Defence can contribute to de-escalation and conflict prevention.

Stepping up? Striving for EU arms transfer policy coherence and responsibility in a dangerous world

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

The UK has suspended 30 of the 350 currently extant licences for exports to Israel but continues to allow the most problematic of UK arms exports, components for F-35 fighter aircraft, which have been at the heart of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

The EU Common Position review: Fixing or fiddling?

The EU, arms, and the new world disorder

Joint statement to the European Parliament and EU Member States: the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive must fully cover the arms sector

We urgently call upon the Member States and the European Parliament to address the severe human rights risks and risks of violations of international humanitarian law posed by the arms and dual-use sector by ensuring that all activities in these sectors be fully covered in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence directive.

Tackling illicit arms in Africa: building cooperation between Africa, China and Europe

European arms export control in a changing European defence landscape – COARM-NGO Forum