The Arms Trade Litigation Monitor

In this report, OHCHR examines gaps with respect to the role of States and the private sector to prevent, address and mitigate the negative human rights impacts of arms transfers, including...

This report maps and analyses the laws and systems governing arms exports, as well as relevant oversight and accountability mechanisms, in major arms-exporting EU countries and the UK, and...

Fact sheet on the legal context for arms transfers in F-35 partner nations and legal cases on arms sales to Israel in these and other countries.

Over 230 global civil society organisations have called on governments producing F-35 fighter jets to immediately halt all arms transfers to Israel, including the F-35 jets. This open letter was...

UN experts state that the transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel may constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian laws and risk State complicity in...

Join a panel of experts as they discuss the role of legal and human rights challenges in changing the arms trade.

Oxfam Novib, PAX and The Rights Forum are again starting summary proceedings against the Dutch State.

In its Order of 24 May 2024, the ICJ granted South Africa's request for modified provisional measures and ordered Israel to "immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah" in the 'Application of...

On 20 May 2024, ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC files applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I in the Situation in the State of Palestine against Hamas leader and two senior...

In the case of Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) at the ICJ, on 30 April 2024, the Court ruled that the...

In the case of the civil complaint by Yemeni nationals in the US, the defence contractor defendants issue a reply to the plaintiffs’ response to the motion to dismiss.

This article examines the legal criteria that States apply when deciding whether to deliver arms to a State that may be committing serious violations of international law.

On 8-9 April 2024, public oral hearings were held in the case concerning Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v....

In the case of the civil complaint by Yemeni nationals in the US, the US government defendants issue a reply to the plaintiffs’ response to the motion to dismiss.

600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges write open letter warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel.

On 3 April 2024, Amnesty International Denmark, Oxfam Denmark, MS Action Aid Denmark, and the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq filed a lawsuit against the National Police and against...

Legal proceedings in Denmark, in the context of the situation in Palestine, are seeking to halt the transfer of arms under the F-35 fighter jet programme, including parts and components, to Israel...

The ICJ indicates provisional measures in addition to those issued on 26 January 2024 in the case concerning the ‘Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of...