A full arms embargo on all parties involved in the Gaza conflict is urgently needed to prevent further unlawful attacks and other violations of international law, as t
Armed groups in the DRC have been able to get hold of weapons, ammunition, military equipment and other supplies; the subsequent fighting has forced
nearly 300,000 pe
One hundred and forty-seven states voted overwhelmingly at the United
Nations on Friday to move forward with work on the main elements of an
Arms Trade Treaty.
Today 147 states at the United Nations voted overwhelmingly to move forward with work on an Arms Trade Treaty. The Control Arms campaign, which represents millions of
Every year,
more than 300,000 people are killed with conventional weapons. Millions more
are injured, abused, forcibly displaced and bereaved as a result of armed
v
As UN member states meet in October to consider moving towards negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty, a new detailed report by Amnesty International urges world leaders
The World is Watching week will see activists and supporters of the Control Arms Campaign in more than 50 countries urge their governments
to reach an agreement on an
110 states have agreed a provisional text for a historic new Convention on
Cluster Munitions, which is a treaty to ban the "Use, Production and
Transfer of Clus
All shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from
China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk
that it may lead to in
All shipments of small arms, light weapons and ammunition ordered from
China by the Zimbabwe Government must be halted as there is a real risk
that it may lead to in
