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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.

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Landmark Decisions

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

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19 March 2025

Bombed in air war, stalled by redacted files: How German authorities have failed Yemeni plaintiffs

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights | ECCHR

ECCHR press release on the withdrawal of the lawsuit filed by three Yemeni plaintiffs, supported by the Center and Mwatana for Human Rights, against German export licences to Saudi Arabia.

05 March 2025

Arms transfers are not a human rights-free zone - UN report

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

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 unregulated illicit arms transfers and diversion.

05 March 2025

Pursuing Accountability for the Arms Trade: A Primer on European and UK Laws and Mechanisms

Valentina Azarova (PhD) | American Bar Association Center for Human Rights

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 identifies advocacy opportunities and accountability pathways for civil society.

25 February 2025

Fact sheet: Legal cases and F-35 jet programme

Campaign Against Arms Trade

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.