DANGEROUS TRADE / ARMS EXPORTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION

The United Nations's groundbreaking Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which went into effect in 2014, sets legally binding standards to regul ate global arms exports and reflects the growing concerns toward the significant role that small and major conventional arms play in perpetuating human rights violations, conflict, and societal instability worldwide. Many countries that once staunchly opposed shar ed export controls and their perceived threat to political and economic autonomy are now beginning to embrace numerous agreements, s uch as t...[Read more]