Arms Trade Treaty signing ceremony, New York, USA, 3rd June 2013 © Amnesty International This achievement is a truly historic breakthrough. It shows what is possible when human rights campaigners dig in for the long haul and work relentlessly to turn a good idea into a lifesaving reality around the...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   UN puts human rights at heart of historic Arms Trade Treaty    (Brussels, 2 April 2013) Today, governments at the United Nations adopted by a wide margin an Arms Trade Treaty that will ban states from transferring conventional weapons to...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE EU states must back robust Arms Trade Treaty (Brussels, 12 March 2013) Ahead of next week’s final negotiations on a global Arms Trade Treaty at the United Nations, Amnesty International has urged EU countries to back a robust treaty. “France, Germany, Italy,...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE   Rape and murder in Congo: EU must take a stand on arms trade    (Brussels, 12 June 2012) As the European Parliament debates the EU’s position ahead of next month’s negotiations at the United Nations on the creation of an Arms Trade Treaty,...

  EU-MADE ROCKETS, GUNS AND ENGINES RISK UNDERMINING MYANMAR ARMS EMBARGO (16 July 2007) The proposed transfer to Myanmar (Burma) of a military helicopter containing components and technology from as many as six European Union countries threatens to undermine an EU arms embargo on Myanmar,...

16/03/2006 – Summary and overview of current concerns over the enforcement and monitoring of UN arms embargoes.

(version française ci-après) PRESS RELEASE FROM COALITION OF EUROPEAN NGOS INCLUDING SAFERWORLD, OXFAM, PAX CHRISTI AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL   EU arms controls are not strong enough to prevent weapons from falling into the wrong hands, a coalition of 55 European NGOs warned today. They said there...

01/09/2004 – Presentation by Dick Oosting, Director, Amnesty International EU Office to the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Word document).

14/05/2004 – Arms exports controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people’s security

Arms exports controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people’s security. Click on link below to view the full report – please note this is a large document and there...

Arms export controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people’s security, Amnesty International said today. In a comprehensive report released today (Friday 14 May) in Brussels and...

14/04/2004 – La situation des droits humains en Chine depuis juin 1989