Humanitarian Disarmament State Position Tracker
October 2024 note from Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan:
This tool is updated annually prior to the First Committee meetings of the United Nations General Assembly.
States are ranked according to their participation in Humanitarian Disarmament, and this tool is provided to support of advocacy for all our humanitarian disarmament agreements and processes.
Information is updated from the United Nations Treaties website for the Mine Ban Treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the Arms Trade Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Information on states positions on the call for a legally binding treaty on autonomous weapons is from Automated Decision Research. States position on the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas is from the Explosive Weapons Monitor.
What's new in October 2024?
Between the First Committee meetings in 2023 and 2024, there continues to be progress on humanitarian disarmament.
Four states ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during that time period: Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands.
The Arms Trade Treaty received one ratification, Malawi, and an accession, Gambia.
The Stop Killer Robots campaign registered 27 more states calling for a legally binding convention between the number listed in the 2023 tool, and the one being released in October 2024.
Five more governments joined the EWIPA declaration, now at 88, which is 5 more than listed in the 2023 tool.
However, in a significant setback, the Convention on Cluster Munitions has had one state announce it is withdrawing from it in September 2024, Lithuania. The withdrawal does not come into effect until March 2025.
This tool is updated annually prior to the First Committee meetings of the United Nations General Assembly.
States are ranked according to their participation in Humanitarian Disarmament, and this tool is provided to support of advocacy for all our humanitarian disarmament agreements and processes.
Information is updated from the United Nations Treaties website for the Mine Ban Treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the Arms Trade Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Information on states positions on the call for a legally binding treaty on autonomous weapons is from Automated Decision Research. States position on the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas is from the Explosive Weapons Monitor.
What's new in October 2024?
Between the First Committee meetings in 2023 and 2024, there continues to be progress on humanitarian disarmament.
Four states ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during that time period: Indonesia, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands.
The Arms Trade Treaty received one ratification, Malawi, and an accession, Gambia.
The Stop Killer Robots campaign registered 27 more states calling for a legally binding convention between the number listed in the 2023 tool, and the one being released in October 2024.
Five more governments joined the EWIPA declaration, now at 88, which is 5 more than listed in the 2023 tool.
However, in a significant setback, the Convention on Cluster Munitions has had one state announce it is withdrawing from it in September 2024, Lithuania. The withdrawal does not come into effect until March 2025.
This resource page is designed to show the current position of states as related to key humanitarian disarmament treaties, declarations, and other initiatives.
See this resource for more information about humanitarian disarmament, and specific campaign pages for Control Arms (Arms Trade Treaty -- ATT), ICBL-CMC (Mine Ban Treaty -- MBT and Convention on Cluster Munitions -- CCM), ICAN (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -- TPNW), INEW (political declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas -- EWIPA), Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (legal instrument on autonomous weapons). See also the UN treaty database, and state positions on lethal autonomous weapons.
1 = legally bound (full state party to treaty, or endorser of political declaration)
0.5 = signatory
0.25 = supporter of the call
The original data, which contains additional information such as whether a country adopted treaty text at relevant adoption meetings or has no military forces, may be viewed at this link. Scroll to the bottom of that sheet to see the date of last update.
This list may be sorted by clicking on the column headers.
See this resource for more information about humanitarian disarmament, and specific campaign pages for Control Arms (Arms Trade Treaty -- ATT), ICBL-CMC (Mine Ban Treaty -- MBT and Convention on Cluster Munitions -- CCM), ICAN (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -- TPNW), INEW (political declaration on explosive weapons in populated areas -- EWIPA), Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (legal instrument on autonomous weapons). See also the UN treaty database, and state positions on lethal autonomous weapons.
1 = legally bound (full state party to treaty, or endorser of political declaration)
0.5 = signatory
0.25 = supporter of the call
The original data, which contains additional information such as whether a country adopted treaty text at relevant adoption meetings or has no military forces, may be viewed at this link. Scroll to the bottom of that sheet to see the date of last update.
This list may be sorted by clicking on the column headers.
This database was first constructed and is primarily maintained by Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan. The Forum on the Arms Trade does not itself take positions, and the information presented here is the responsibility of those maintaining it. The Forum does, however, hope this resource proves valuable.