International Instruments
Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)
The Arms Trade Treaty is the first global accord to regulate nearly all conventional weapons, requiring states to consider multiple criteria in making arms transfer decisions, it entered into force on 24 December 2014.
Experts: Rasha Abdul Rahim, Jeff Abramson, Ray Acheson, Deepayan Basu Ray, Matthew Bolton, Mark Bromley, Martin Butcher, Denise Garcia, Natalie Goldring, Hector Guerra, Roy Isbister, Cesar Jaramillo, Daniel Mack, Anne-Charlotte Merrell Wetterwik, Folade Mutota, Jasmin Nario-Galace, Scott Paul, Robert Perkins, Maria Pia Devoto, Cédric Poitevin, Allison Pytlak, Frank Slijper, Anna Stavrianakis, Rachel Stohl, Wim Zwijnenburg.
Key resources:
Recent Expert Publications*:
*publications in which Forum-listed experts were involved. Inclusion on the Forum on the Arms Trade expert list does not indicate agreement with or endorsement of the opinions of others.
The Arms Trade Treaty is the first global accord to regulate nearly all conventional weapons, requiring states to consider multiple criteria in making arms transfer decisions, it entered into force on 24 December 2014.
Experts: Rasha Abdul Rahim, Jeff Abramson, Ray Acheson, Deepayan Basu Ray, Matthew Bolton, Mark Bromley, Martin Butcher, Denise Garcia, Natalie Goldring, Hector Guerra, Roy Isbister, Cesar Jaramillo, Daniel Mack, Anne-Charlotte Merrell Wetterwik, Folade Mutota, Jasmin Nario-Galace, Scott Paul, Robert Perkins, Maria Pia Devoto, Cédric Poitevin, Allison Pytlak, Frank Slijper, Anna Stavrianakis, Rachel Stohl, Wim Zwijnenburg.
Key resources:
- ATT Secretariat - ATT website home page
- Control Arms - international civil society coalition advocating for robust ATT implementation
- ATT Monitor - Control Arms ATT monitoring project for tracking success of the arms treaty
- ATT Baseline Assessment Project - self-reported profiles of existing national practices
Recent Expert Publications*:
- Jeff Abramson, "Finding Leadership Outside the White House," blog post, December 21, 2017.
- Rachel Stohl (co-author), "Reviewing 2017 ATT Annual Reports on Arms Exports and Imports: Fulfilling the Promise of the ATT?," ATT Baseline Assessment Project, Oct 2017.
- Rachel Stohl, "Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty Short on Substance," Stimson, Sept 21.
- Allison Pytlak, "Sliding into norm erosion," and Ray Acheson, "News in brief," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 6, Sept 18
- Ray Acheson, "Gaslighting and mansplaining at CSP3," Natalie Goldring, "It's time for deeds, not just words," and Allison Pytlak, "News in Brief," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 5, Sept 15
- Allison Pytlak, "Out of the shadows and into reality," Frank Slijper, "Under the radar: arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates," Cesar Jaramillo, "Yemen in the time of cholera," and Ray Acheson "News in Brief," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 4, Sept 14
- Ray Acheson, "Bringing the arms fair to the arms treaty," and Allison Pytlak, "News in brief," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 3, Sept 13
- Rachel Stohl and Paul Holtom "Reporting in Review: Examining ATT Reporting Experiences," ATT Baseline Assessment Project, Sept 13
- Deepayan Basu Ray and Martin Butcher "Goals Not Guns: How the Sustainable Development Goals and the Arms Trade Treaty Are Interlinked," ATT Monitor and Oxfam, Sept 12
- Allison Pytlak, "A turn to substance? Yes please," and Ray Acheson, "News in Brief," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 2, Sept 12
- Deepayan Basu Ray and Rob Perkins (editors and authors), Rachel Stohl, Nicholas Marsh, Shannon Dick (co-authors, among many others), "ATT Monitor 2017," Control Arms, Sept 11
- Allison Pytlak, "Is the Arms Trade Treaty saving lives?" and Ray Acheson, "Confronting explosive violence with the Arms Trade Treaty," Reaching Critical Will's ATT Monitor, Vol. 10, No. 1, Sept 11
*publications in which Forum-listed experts were involved. Inclusion on the Forum on the Arms Trade expert list does not indicate agreement with or endorsement of the opinions of others.
