Patrick Wilcken
Researcher, Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty International secretariat
twitter: @PWilcken
email: Patrick [dot] Wilcken [at] amnesty [dot] org
phone: +44 (0)20 7413 5703
Researcher, Arms Control, Security & Human Rights, Amnesty International secretariat
twitter: @PWilcken
email: Patrick [dot] Wilcken [at] amnesty [dot] org
phone: +44 (0)20 7413 5703
Latin America | global trade data/trends | Middle East
Patrick Wilcken has over a decade of experience working on international human rights, most recently related to the trade in arms and security equipment. His work has covered diversion of small arms in the Iraq, Syria and Yemen; illegal arms brokering in the UK; the trade in torture equipment; and the human rights responsibilities of the defense sector. He previously worked as a researcher on human rights in Brazil and is the author of two acclaimed non-fiction books.
Recent Publications:
Patrick Wilcken has over a decade of experience working on international human rights, most recently related to the trade in arms and security equipment. His work has covered diversion of small arms in the Iraq, Syria and Yemen; illegal arms brokering in the UK; the trade in torture equipment; and the human rights responsibilities of the defense sector. He previously worked as a researcher on human rights in Brazil and is the author of two acclaimed non-fiction books.
Recent Publications:
- "States Have an Opportunity to Lead on a Torture-Free Trade Treaty," Just Security, October 12, 2023.
- "Outsourcing Responsibility: Human Rights in the Defense Sector", Amnesty International, September 9, 2019.
- Commenting on, "When arms go astray, Yemen's deadly new threat of arms diversion to militias,"Amnesty International, Jan 6, 2019.
- “Missing targets: the legal and ethical blind spots of arms manufacturers,” Amnesty Global Insights, June 13, 2018.
- "From London to Juba: A-UK Registered Company's Role in One of the Largest Arms Deals to South Sudan" (contributor), Amnesty International, Sept. 25, 2017.