The Arms Trade Litigation Monitor
The Arms Trade Litigation Monitor (ATLM) tracks and documents litigation and other legal interventions against arms exports. To date, the main focus has been on arms supplies linked with the armed conflicts and humanitarian crises in Yemen and Palestine. On this site, you can find detailed information about the background and progress of each case, access and download all related court documents, read expert opinions and analyses, and explore common challenges faced across the cases.
Latest developments
Court cases that have made relative headway in achieving some measure of legal accountability for decisions to authorise arms transfers within the constraints of existing legal pathways
Legal Framework
The international, regional and national rules governing arms transfers define illegal transfers and arms supply relationships and prohibit wrongful assistance by states and corporations in the commission of international law violations.
Read moreConflict Overviews
The ATLM tracks and documents litigation related to arms transfers largely linked so far with the armed conflicts and humanitarian crises in Yemen and Palestine. This page provides an overview of the Yemen conflict, with the overview of the situation in Palestine to be uploaded soon.
Read moreThemes
From an assessment of the cases documented on this site, several common barriers to both initiating litigation and succeeding in achieving accountability for international arms transfers through judicial means can be identified.
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Analysis
View all20 June 2024
States and companies must end arms transfers to Israel immediately or risk responsibility for human rights violations: UN expertsUnited Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
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 international crimes, possibly including genocide. They reiterate their demand to stop transfers immediately.
Read more05 June 2024
Are Legal and Human Rights Challenges at a Tipping Point in Changing the Arms Trade?Forum on the Arms Trade and the Arms Trade Litigation Monitor
Join a panel of experts as they discuss the role of legal and human rights challenges in changing the arms trade.
Read more27 May 2024
Going to court again over F-35 partsPAX for Peace
Oxfam Novib, PAX and The Rights Forum are again starting summary proceedings against the Dutch State.
Read more24 May 2024
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Order of 24 May 2024International Court of Justice
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 the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip'.
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