ReportsReports in date order, most recent first. Click on a report title to go to a summary and a link to the full report. Amnesty International: Blood at the Crossroads: Making the case for a global Arms Trade Treaty Voices from Around the World: People's Consultation Global Report A Global Arms Trade Treaty: What States Want Full Report / Executive Summary Assessing the feasability, scope and parameters of an Arms Trade Treaty: an NGO Perspective Compilation of Global Principles for International Arms Transfers Arms Without Borders: Why a Global Trade Needs Global Controls Ammunition: The Fuel of Conflict The AK-47: The World's Favourite Killing Machine UN Arms Embargoes: An Overview of the Last Ten Years The Call for Tough Arms Controls: Voices from Haiti The Call for Tough Arms Controls: Voices from Sierra Leone The Impact of Guns on Women's Lives Guns or Growth: Assessing the Impact of Arms Sales on Sustainable Development Lock, Stock and Barrel: How British Arms Components Add Up to Deadly Weapons Shattered Lives: The Call for Tough International Arms Controls
September 2008 Blood at the Crossroads: Making the case for a global Arms Trade Treaty, ACT 30/011/2008 The world is reaching a crossroads in deciding how to control the arms trade. Governments must act now to create effective and robust regulation. This report shows through illustrative cases how that trade contributes to serious violations of human rights in different parts of the world. In particular, it seeks to help demonstrate why the establishment of a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is an urgent necessity and how an ATT could work to save lives, preserve livelihoods and enhance respect for human rights.
November 2007 Voices from Around the World: People's Consultation Global ReportIn 2007, the UN Secretary General consulted with all governments on the content and scope of a global Arms Trade Treaty. The Control Arms campaign ran a parallel 'People’s Consultation', to enable the voices of people around the world to also be heard. In more than 50 countries, thousands of people from all sections of society took part in events facilitated by Control Arms. This report provides a snapshot of some of the amazing People's Consultation events organised by civil society in every continent. ______________________________________________________________________ November 2007 A Global Arms Trade Treaty: What States WantAs a first step towards an ATT, UN Resolution 61/89 requested the UN Secretary-General to “seek the views of Member states on the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally-binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session.” This paper provides an overview and analysis of the content of over 90 states’ submissions made during 2007 on an Arms Trade Treaty and a synthesis of what should happen next if the majority views are listened to by the big powers. Executive Summary______________________________________________________________________ April 2007 Assessing the feasability, scope and parameters of an Arms Trade Treaty: an NGO PerspectiveUnder pressure from the Control Arms campaign since October 2003, Member States of the United Nations initiated a process in December 2006 to develop a global Arms Trade Treaty to regulate international transfers of conventional arms. The purpose of this paper in April 2007 was to argue for key recommendations by the non-governmental organisations involved in the Control Arms campaign on the feasibility, scope and draft parameters of a comprehensive global treaty. Executive Summary______________________________________________________________________ March 2007 Compilation of Global Principles for International Arms TransfersWe want a global Arms Trade Treaty [ATT] that puts respect for international law, especially international human rights and humanitarian law, at its centre and this report highlights how those laws can be grouped into a set of Global Principles to form the heart of an ATT. Based on the views of a diverse group of non-governmental organisations, these Global Principles show how States' existing obligations of international transfers of conventional weapons and ammunition. ______________________________________________________________________ October 2006 Arms Without Borders: Why a Global Trade Needs Global ControlsGlobalisation is changing the way the arms trade is carried out. Arms companies, operating from an increasing number of locations, now source components from across the world. Their products are often assembled in countries with lax controls on where they end up. Too easily, weapons and munitions get into totally irresponsible hands. Each year, at least a third of a million people are killed directly with conventional weapons and many more die, are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed violence. Rapidly widening loopholes in national controls demonstrate how this globalised trade also needs global rules – hence the urgency of an effective Arms Trade Treaty. ______________________________________________________________________ June 2006 Ammunition: The Fuel of ConflictHundreds of thousands of people are killed each year through the misuse of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Small arms ammunition is the fuel that keeps many of the world’s conflicts raging. While small arms do not themselves cause conflict, they make it much deadlier, and a shortage of bullets can reduce or even stop fighting altogether. Despite the vital role ammunition plays in fuelling conflict, international controls over its trade are inadequate, often substantially weaker than those applied to other categories of weapons. ______________________________________________________________________ June 2006 The AK-47: The World's Favourite Killing MachineKalashnikov assault rifles are the most widespread military weapons in the world. It is estimated that there are between 50 and 70 million of them spread across the world’s five continents. They are used daily by soldiers, fighters, and gang members to inflict untold suffering in many countries. The spread of these weapons continues largely unchecked by governments, threatening the lives and safety of millions as weapons fall into irresponsible hands. ______________________________________________________________________ March 2006 UN Arms Embargoes: An Overview of the Last Ten YearsThis briefing summarises why the design, enforcement and monitoring of UN arms embargoes is so weak, and why such embargoes will not work until States commit to a global Arms Trade Treaty. ______________________________________________________________________ January 2006 The Call for Tough Arms Controls: Voices from HaitiThe Control Arms campaign carried out several interviews in Haiti in November 2005 and records here the voices of at least some of the people who bear the cost of the world’s continuing failure to control the arms trade. The Call for Tough Arms Controls: Voices from Sierra Leone______________________________________________________________________ July 2005 Towards an Arms Trade TreatyThere is an imperative need for a global Arms Trade Treaty, based on fundamental principles of international law, to reduce the human cost of arms proliferation, prevent unscrupulous weapons suppliers finding the weakest point in the supply chain, and ensure that all arms exporters are working to the same international standards to prevent persistent and known violators of international law from receiving arms to perpetrate their crimes. ______________________________________________________________________ June 2005 The G8: Global Arms ExportersEach of the G8 governments has a particular responsibility to control arms and to respect and ensure respect for human rights and international humanitarian law. However, as this report shows, inadequate controls and poor practice in implementing and enforcing those laws and regulations which do exist mean that arms are still being exported from the G8 to groups and governments that persistently abuse human rights and which exacerbate human suffering. ______________________________________________________________________ March 2005 The Impact of Guns on Women's LivesCountless women and girls have been shot and killed or injured in every region of the world. Millions more live in fear of armed violence against women. Two key factors lie at the heart of these abuses: the proliferation and misuse of small arms and deep-rooted discrimination against women. Armed violence against women is not inevitable. In many countries women have become powerful forces for peace and human rights in their communities. Their actions show how real change can be effected and women's lives made safer. Each of us can help put an end to the abuses highlighted in this report by joining the international campaigns to Stop Violence Against Women and to Control Arms. This report spells out the key steps you can take to help stop armed violence against women. ______________________________________________________________________ December 2004 Tracking Lethal ToolsThis report shows with illustrative cases why the marking and tracing of weapons and ammunition is a central piece of the arms control puzzle, and should be legally binding. This must form part of a global Arms Trade Treaty. ______________________________________________________________________ June 2004 Guns or Growth: Assessing the Impact of Arms Sales on Sustainable DevelopmentThis detailed report shows how excessive or inappropriate arms purchases are a drain on social and economic resources which developing countries cannot afford. Both arms importers and exporters must ensure that arms transfers do not undermine sustainable development – a combination of economic growth and social progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. To protect the social and economic rights of people in developing countries, it is imperative that exporting governments apply an effective and systematic methodology to assess whether proposed arms transfers will affect sustainable development. ______________________________________________________________________ February 2004 Lock, Stock and Barrel: How British Arms Components Add Up to Deadly WeaponsSince 1997, the UK has introduced robust criteria aimed at preventing the sale of weapons to countries where they could be used to fuel conflict, undermine development and violate human rights. But in today's global arms trade, weapons are increasingly assembled from components from many countries. The UK applie weaker standards when licensing arms components than it applies to complete weapons. This is a potentially dangerous loophole, which could allow UK components to contribute to suffering around the world. To prevent this, the UK should apply the same criteria in licensing components as it does to complete weapons systems. ______________________________________________________________________ February 2004 Guns and PolicingStates claim the right to acquire arms for self defence and law enforcement, yet the misuse of small arms by law enforcers often leads to armed conflict and sustained gun violence. This report focuses on what governments can do to improve the effectiveness of policing to help control firearms, without the police themselves resorting to the use of excessive and unjustified force. Using an illustrative selection of cases, it argues that adhering to existing internationally agreed professional standards in the use of force and firearms will improve policing and reduce the proliferation and misuse of small arms. ______________________________________________________________________ October 2003 Shattered Lives: The Call for Tough International Arms ControlsThis detailed report was published on the launch of the Control Arms campaign. It shows how millions of men, women and children are living in fear of armed violence. Every day, one thousand of them are killed. From the gangs of Rio di Janeiro and Los Angeles, to forgotten conflicts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia, conventional arms are out of effective control. The challenge to all governments is urgent. They must co-operate now to control and limit the flow of arms transfers and the spread of arms production through the establishment of a global Arms Trade Treaty and by taking concrete steps to reduce the excessive demand for arms. Document Actions |
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