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The need to strengthen controls over international arms transfers is an issue that ranks high on the international agenda.
8 July 2008
Among European Union (EU) Member States, the question of how to prevent the misuse or unauthorised re-transfer of weapons after they have left the EU has failed to be addressed adequately.
20 May 2008
In the same week that the UN Group of Governmental Experts met to further consider the scope, feasibility, and draft parameters of an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the UK Parliament's House of Lords held a debate:
16 May 2008
This briefing was submitted to parliamentarians prior to the House of Lords debate focussing on "the causes and consequences of conflict in Africa".
13 December 2007
The cost of conflict on African development was approximately $300bn between 1990 and 2005, according to new research by Oxfam International, IANSA and Saferworld.
11 October 2007
This short briefing paper outlines the need for, and progress toward, an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).
28 September 2007
In September 2007, the UK Working Group on Arms (UKWG), comprised of Amnesty-UK, the British American Security and Information Council (BASIC), Oxfam GB and Saferworld, submitted its views to the UK Government’s 2007 review of the UK Export Control Act.
28 September 2007
Controls on the transfer of small arms and light weapons (SALW) vary widely around the world.
4 September 2007
This report highlights how an EU arms embargo on Myanmar (Burma) is under threat.
13 July 2007
The review of the Export Controls Act (2002) began in May 2007.
18 June 2007