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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Filling the Gap: How the Human Rights Pillar is Helping Curb Weapons-Related Harm | Toda Peace Institute | July 31, 2024. | Florence Foster, Hine-Wai Loose
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
A new political forum could help make the EU’s strategic trade controls more strategic—if it is allowed to | SIPRI Commentary | April 10, 2024. | Giovanna Maletta, Mark Bromley
Global Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Latin America Europe Other International Instruments
How the Flow of Small Arms Helps Fuel Violence in India’s Manipur | Inkstick | February 28, 2024. | Monalisa Hazarika
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
Gefahr von Oben | Lateinamerika Nachrichten | 2024 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United States Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
Policy Brief: The Misplaced Exceptionality of the Arms Industry: Why Human Rights Due Diligence is Essential for Firearms Manufacturers | Global Rights Compliance | 2024 | Jowita Mieszkowska
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Political Myths as Instruments in Weapon Global Governance | Política y Cultura | 2024 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United States Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
Firearm-related Gender-based Violence in the European Union | Flemish Peace Institute | 2023 | Giovanna Maletta
Europe Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
First Committee Briefing Book 2023 | Reaching Critical Will | 2023 | Natalie Goldring
United States Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
The UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: An analysis of outcomes from BMS8 and looking forward to RevCon4 | IANSA briefing paper | 2023 | Natalie Goldring
United States Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
The Value of Reporting: National Reporting Practices under the UN Sanctions Regime on North Korea | Small Arms Survey | April 26, 2023. | David Atwood
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Africa
Special section on ‘arms export controls during war and armed conflict | Wiley | Volume 14, No. 1 | Jennifer L. Erickson, Emma Soubrier, Anna Stavrianakis
United States Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments Europe Global Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Demystifying the ‘gold standard’ of arms export controls: US arms exports to conflict zonest | Global Policy | Volume 14, No. 1 | Jennifer L. Erickson
United States Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Call for Restraints in US Arms Transfers to Ukraine | IPS UN Bureau | January 5, 2023. | Natalie Goldring
United States Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy | multiple essays in H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Policy Roundtable II-2 | July 7, 2023. | Jennifer L. Erickson
United States Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
NarcoDrones Have Become a Growing Scare Tactic in Mexico’s Drug Wars | Inkstick | 2023 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United States Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
Post-shipment On-site Inspections: Multilateral Steps for Debating and Enabling Their Adoption and Use | SIPRI | 2022 | Giovanna Maletta, Mark Bromley
Global Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Latin America Europe Other International Instruments
The advocacy groups working to bring the Arms Trade Treaty to life | Devdiscourse | August 22, 2022. | Jennifer L. Erickson
United States Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Post-shipment On-site Inspections and Stockpile Management Assistance: Bridging Gaps | SIPRI | 2022 | Giovanna Maletta
Europe Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
Funding Arms Transfers through the European Peace Facility: Preventing Risks of Diversion and Misuse | SIPRI | 2022 | Giovanna Maletta
Europe Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
Six Key Issues for the Eighth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS8) on the UN Programme of Action | IANSA | 2022 | Natalie Goldring
United States Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
On the Front Lines: Conflict zones and U.S. Arms Exports | WPF | March 23, 2022. | Jennifer L. Erickson
United States Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)Other International Instruments
Conceptualizing Strategic Narratives: the peace movement as a strategic respondent to COVID-19 | Center for Sustaniable Society Research | 2022 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United States Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
German Arms Exports - a History of Restraint? | Inkstick | 2022 | Gabriel Mondragon Toledo
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)United States Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Other International Instruments
The Dynamics of Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking in the Caribbean Region | Caribbean Journal of Strategic and Security Studies | October 30, 2021. | William F. Kullman
Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)Other International Instruments
Visual guide to law enforcement and security equipment | Omega Research Foundation | September 1, 2021. | Helen Close
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights Harm to Civilians Global Other International Instruments