Arms Trade Treaty Campaign Briefing - Amnesty International

© Aris Chatzistefanou/DemotixRiot police use tear gas to break up protestsin Syntagma square in Athens, Greece,June 2011.arms trade treatyrecommeNdatioNsEach of the examples described abovedemonstrate how a wide range of weaponry,munitions and related equipment have beenused by police, security and military forcesand armed groups to facilitate or commitserious violations of human rights and warcrimes. They underscore the urgent needfor rigorous risk assessments of all proposedarms exports under an Arms Trade Treaty tocombat the poorly regulated internationaltransfer of conventional arms and help endthe devastation that the misuse of suchweapons inflicts on civilian lives.The Treaty must include strong human rightsparametersStates must ensure that an internationaltransfer of conventional arms will not bepermitted where there is substantial risk thatthose arms are likely to be used to commitor facilitate serious violations of internationalhuman rights law or international humanitarianlaw. An effective rigorous assessment of eacharms transfer licence application must firstbe undertaken to determine the risk.The Treaty must apply to all types andcomponents of conventional armsStates must define the scope of conventionalarms to include all weaponry, munitions,armaments and related articles used forpotentially lethal force in military and lawenforcement operations, as well as any parts,components, accessories, machines,technologies and technical expertise formaking, developing and maintaining thosearticles.Implementation of the Treaty must be robustand enforceableStates should agree standards for full, clearimplementation of the Treaty, includingnational authorization and licensing systems,and criminal and administrative sanctionssupported by public reporting andtransparency, as well as an effectivemechanism to monitor compliance.amnesty international is a global movement of more than 3 millionsupporters, members and activists in more than 150 countries andterritories who campaign to end grave abuses of human rights.our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in theUniversal declaration of human rights and other international humanrights standards.We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interestor religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations.index: aCt 30/001/2012englishJanuary 2012amnesty internationalinternational secretariatpeter benenson house1 easton streetlondon WC1X 0dWUnited Kingdomamnesty.org