Other International Instruments

A wide range of agreements and international bodies touch on arms trade and weapons issues. A partial list includes: the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); the Program of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA); and the Human Rights Council. Also included here are experts seeking a Torture Free Trade Treaty and other future instruments.

Featured Publications

How to maintain multilateral cooperation on export controls in an era of geopolitical competition

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | June 16, 2026.

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Mapping the Gap: Youth Peace and Security, National Action Plans, and Small Arms and Light Weapons Control

Scrap Weapons | June 2, 2026.

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What next for the UN Programme of Action? Gender perspectives and the future of small arms control

UNIDIR (with Hana Salama) | June 2026

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How to maintain multilateral cooperation on export controls in an era of geopolitical competition | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | June 16, 2026. | Giovanna Maletta, Mark Bromley
Global Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Latin America Europe Other International Instruments
Mapping the Gap: Youth Peace and Security, National Action Plans, and Small Arms and Light Weapons Control | Scrap Weapons | June 2, 2026. | Monalisa Hazarika
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
What next for the UN Programme of Action? Gender perspectives and the future of small arms control | UNIDIR (with Hana Salama) | June 2026 | Natalie Briggs
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Gender Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
IANSA Guide: Moving Forward to Strengthen Controls on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Priority Issues for Civil Society in the Ninth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS9) | IANSA | May 28, 2026. | Natalie Goldring
United States Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Bridging Gaps in the UNPoA: Strengthening gender-responsive approaches | Working Paper submitted to the Ninth Biennial Meeting of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons | May 27, 2026. | Natalie Briggs
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Gender Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
What next for the UN Programme of Action? Gender perspectives and the future of small arms control | UNIDIR | May 27, 2026. | Natalie Briggs
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Gender Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
China’s export control framework: domestic developments and international positioning | SIPRI | April 29, 2026. | Giovanna Maletta
Europe Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
Developing New Mechanisms for Disarmament: A Concept for a 'COP for Weapons'? | Toda Peace Institute | March 27, 2026. | Monalisa Hazarika
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
The New Politics of Gender Equality at CSW70: From Progress to Preservation | CIC | March 17, 2026. | Natalie Briggs
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Gender Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Four Years On, Settlement or Attrition in Ukraine | SANE Policy Institute | February 26, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster, Cesar Jaramillo
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Landmines and Cluster Munitions Global AI/Autonomous and Emerging Weapons
New global study: long after war, injuries from landmines and explosives kill nearly 4 in 10 victims | The Conversation | February 25, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Withdrawal Without Accountability: The UAE's Unanswered Crimes in Yemen | DAWN | February 25, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster, Afrah Nasser
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Landmines and Cluster Munitions Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Weapons, Private Military and Security Companies, and International Law: A Critical Analysis of the Fifth Draft of the United Nations Instrument on PMSCs | Geneva Academy | February 24, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Europe’s fragmented rearmament undermines its own security | Euractiv | February 21, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, León Castellanos-Jankiewicz, Florence Foster
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Landmines and Cluster Munitions Latin America Europe
A multi-country epidemiological analysis of mortality from landmines and other explosive ordnance | Communications Medicine | February 19, 2026. | Stacey Pizzino, Florence Foster
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Landmines and Cluster Munitions
Corporate Accountability in the Arms Sector: Possibilities, Limits, and Visions of Justice | Cambridge University Press | February 2026 | Cannelle Lavite, Chloé Bailey
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
Reframing Military Expenditure as a Human Rights Issue: Normative Constraints Under The ICESCR | Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights | January 30, 2026. | Florence Foster
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
Western Political Myths of War: Implications for Global Weapon Governance | Springer | 2026 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United States Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
The politicization of export controls and its impacts on arms industry supply chains: The case of Australia | SIPRI | December 5, 2025. | Giovanna Maletta
Europe Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
Export Controls and Spyware: Enhancing Oversight, Transparency and Restraint | SIPRI | September 23, 2025. | Giovanna Maletta, Mark Bromley
Global Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Latin America Europe Other International Instruments
How the Multilateral Development Banks Complement the UN Peacebuilding Architecture in Preventing Conflict and Violence | CIC | July 21, 2025. | Natalie Briggs
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Gender Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
The Role of PMSCs in the Proliferation of Weapons and Implications under Arms Control Mechanisms | Opinio Juris | July 14, 2025. | Florence Foster
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
The Role of PMSCs in the Proliferation of Weapons and Implications under Arms Control Mechanisms | Opinio Juris | July 14, 2025. | Florence Foster, Jowita Mieszkowska, Manon Blancafort
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
ATT Monitor 2025 Annual Report | Control Arms | July 8, 2025. | Andrea Edoardo Varisco, Giovanna Maletta, Rachel Stohl, Mark Bromley
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Regional Expertise Global Arms Trafficking Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Latin America Europe Other International Instruments
Firearms transfers and Guatemala’s accountability deficit: Why strategic litigation could be “shooting a blank | Global Rights Compliance | July 3, 2025. | Jowita Mieszkowska, Daniel Mack
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments Latin America