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Key elements for implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
This document lists suggested key elements for “creating high common international standards” for national systems of licensing or authorisation for…
April 24, 2012
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How to Apply Human Rights Standards to Arms Transfer Decisions
In order to achieve a more effective regulation of the international arms trade, all international transfers of conventional weaponry, munitions…
April 24, 2012
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Deadly Movements: Transportation Controls in the Arms Trade Treaty
The proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be designed to prevent unauthorised or irresponsible international transfers of weapons, munitions and…
April 24, 2012
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Arms for Internal Security: Will they be covered by an Arms Trade Treaty?
There is now a chance in the UN to establish a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) setting out commonly-agreed rules…
April 24, 2012
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How an Arms Trade Treaty can help prevent armed violence
Current United Nations discussions on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) provide an opportunity to examine armed violence in the context…
April 24, 2012
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Flawed Reforms: Bahrain Fails to Achieve Justice for Protesters
The human rights crisis in Bahrain is not over. Despite the authorities’ claims to the contrary, not much has changed…
April 16, 2012
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Cruel Isolation: Amnesty International’s Concerns about Conditions in Arizona Maximum Security Prisons
New Amnesty report finds conditions in Arizona’s maximum security prisons fall below international standards for humane treatment.
April 2, 2012
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USA: In Hostile Terrain: Human rights violations in immigration enforcement in the US Southwest
Amnesty International’s latest report, shows that the United States is failing in its obligations under international human rights law to…
March 26, 2012
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Death Sentences and Executions 2011
Amnesty’s new report lays out the global numbers for the death penalty in 2011.
March 22, 2012
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Libya: The Forgotten Victims of NATO Strikes
Scores of Libyan civilians who did not directly participate in hostilities were killed and many more injured as a result…
March 19, 2012
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‘I wanted to die’: Syria’s torture survivors speak out
A grim catalogue of torture has emerged from former detainees describing their treatment in Syria’s detention centres since the predominantly…
March 14, 2012
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No arms for atrocities or abuses: Commit to an effective Arms Trade Treaty
Each year, the global trade in conventional arms carries an enormous human cost. In July 2012, UN member states will…
March 9, 2012