The Arms Trade Treaty: ratification and beyond

Considered by many a historic achievement, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) establishing common standards for import, export and transfer of conventional arms, will, once in force, close a major loophole in international law. Unlike weapons of mass destruction or land mines, the rising trade in conventional arms had not previously been covered by any binding international rules.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Arms Trade Treaty http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-decision-authorising-member-states-to-ratify-in-the-interests-of-the-european-union-the-arms-trade-treaty/

ESO: Background information: The Arms Trade Treaty: Finally an outcome and what next? http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-arms-trade-treaty-finally-an-outcome-and-what-next/

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