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05 March 2025
Pursuing Accountability for the Arms Trade: A Primer on European and UK Laws and MechanismsValentina 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.
03 April 2024
UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning Gaza
600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges write open letter warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel.
05 January 2024
Summary Proceedings About the Delivery from the Netherlands of Parts for F-35 Fighter Planes to Israel (Part II)Otto Spijkers (Amsterdam and Leiden University College) | Opinio Juris
This legal opinion discusses the Netherlands's obligations under international law to refrain from supplying weapons parts to Israel, regardless of other interests.
05 January 2024
Summary Proceedings About the Delivery from the Netherlands of Parts for F-35 Fighter Planes to Israel (Part I)Otto Spijkers (Amsterdam and Leiden University College) | Opinio Juris
This legal opinion discusses the Netherlands's obligations under international law to refrain from supplying weapons parts to Israel, regardless of other interests.
17 November 2023
Gaza/Palestine: States have a Duty to Prevent GenocideInternational Commission of Jurists
This legal briefer focuses on States’ duty to prevent genocide under international law in situation in Israel and Palestine, including in Gaza.
08 November 2023
Law and Policy Guide to US Arms Transfers to IsraelJohn Ramming Chappell, Annie Shiel, Seth Binder, Elias Yousif, Bill Monahan, Amanda Klasing | Just Security
This article discusses the relevant US policies and laws that apply to arms transfers in light of the unparalleled US security assistance and arms sales relationship with Israel.
15 February 2022
Human Rights, Civilian Harm, and Arms Sales: A Primer on US Law and PolicyJohn Ramming Chappell and Brittany Benowitz | Center for Civilians in Conflict and American Bar Association
This primer seeks to inform oversight and advocacy efforts by identifying the relevant sources of US law governing arms transfers, compiling existing human rights protections and oversight mechanisms in these sources of law, and clarifying the authorities of different US government entities.
01 February 2022
Arms transfer prohibitions due to human rights violations abroadAriana Naser, Naomi Ramos, Sophie Timmermans, Lisa Van Geesbergen, Lotte Willaert | University of Antwerp Law and Development
This paper discusses the relevance of human rights obligations under ATT Article 6(2), which prohibits arms transfer to a state if it "would violate [the said state's] relevant international obligations under international agreements to which it is a Party...".
10 December 2019
Opinion on the Legality of Arms Transfers to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Other Members of the Coalition Militarily Involved in YemenÉric David, Daniel Turp, Brian Wood, and Valentina Azarova | IPIS
This opinion addresses the legality under international law of the transfer of conventional arms and related equipment to the parties currently engaged in the conflict in Yemen, in light of the use of arms by the Saudi-UAE Coalition in the commission of international law violations in Yemen.
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