Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

The Arms Trade Treaty is the only international treaty covering a wide-range of conventional weapons. It entered into force in 2014 and includes provisions requiring assessments before arms are transferred, and public reporting, amongst other provisions.

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ReArm Europe and the Rule of Law

European Defence & Security Law & Policy Quarterly | August 27, 2026.

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Should We Separate Military From Security? with Anna Stavrianakis

Apple Podcasts | August 12, 2026.

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Why Kenya should join the Arms Trade Treaty

Saferworld | August 10, 2026.

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Export Controls and Spyware: Enhancing Oversight, Transparency and Restraint | SIPRI | September 23, 2025. | Giovanna Maletta, Mark Bromley
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Military Spending, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Financing for Peace | WILPF | September 22, 2025. | Ray Acheson
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First Committee Briefing Book 2025 | Reaching Critical Will | September 19, 2025. | Ray Acheson
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ATT EXPERT GROUP: Conflict, illicit arms and the Arms Trade Treaty in East Africa | Briefing No. 10 | September 12, 2025. | Elizabeth Kirkham
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From Waste To Resolution: Assessing the impact of Armed Conflict on the Solid Waste Sector in Yemen | PAX and European Institute of Peace | September 10, 2025. | Wim Zwijnenburg
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Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2025 | Mine Action Review | September 5, 2025. | Laura Varella
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Distributed deterrence: Europe’s new security logic and action plan | PRIO Policy Brief | September 5, 2025. | Nicholas Marsh, Laura Varella
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Guide to the Lausanne Action Plan and Results of 2025 Monitoring | Mine Action Review | September 5, 2025. | Laura Varella
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New seizure evidences Iran-linked resupplies to the Houthis | Yemen Field Dispatch | September 4, 2025. | Laura Varella
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The Results of Russia’s Crawling Summer Offensives | Riddle | September 4, 2025. | Eric Woods, Laura Varella
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Beyond Guns: Rethinking Security in the Middle East | iReMMO | September 3, 2025. | Emma Soubrier, Nico Edwards, Anna Stavrianakis
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How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage – and why climate change exacerbates the problem | The Conversation | September 3, 2025. | Laura Varella
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Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean | Just Security | September 3, 2025. | Laura Varella
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How the UK arms and supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza | Campaign Against Arms Trade | September 1, 2025. | Laura Varella
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Weapons of influence: tactics of a growing arms industry and needed health actions | BMJ | September 1, 2025. | Robert Muggah, Laura Varella
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Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health | BMJ (formerly British Medical Journal) | September 1, 2025. | Robert Muggah, Laura Varella
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Developing Evaluative Metrics for ATT Reporting | ATT-Baseline Assessment Project | August 29, 2025. | Rachel Stohl
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Time to Put People and the Planet Before Profits from the Arms Trade | ATT Monitor | Volume 17, No. 2 | Laura Varella
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Time to Put People and the Planet Before Profits from the Arms Trade | ATT Monitor | Volume 17, No. 2 | Laura Varella
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Understanding ATT Reporting Challenges: Guidance and Recommendations to Strengthen ATT Reporting | ATT-Baseline Assessment Project | August 29, 2025. | Rachel Stohl
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Bias in Military Artificial Intelligence and Compliance with International Humanitarian Law | SIPRI | August 27, 2025. | Laura Varella
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The Arms Trade Treaty: Preventing Diversion Through End-Use and End-User Controls | issue brief No. 6 | August 26, 2025. | Rachel Stohl
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When ‘Peace and Security’ Means Arming Genocide | The Political Quarterly | August 20, 2025. | Anna Stavrianakis
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How the Multilateral Development Banks Complement the UN Peacebuilding Architecture in Preventing Conflict and Violence | CIC | July 21, 2025. | Natalie Briggs
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