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Is U.S. Trying To Gut Arms Trade Treaty?
Why is the US trying to strip the Arms Trade Treaty of critical human rights protections?
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Biting the Bullet – Why the Arms Trade Treaty Must Regulate Ammunition
No country should be allowed to supply weapons and munitions to repressive regimes or armed groups when there is a real danger they would be used to facilitate serious human…
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Would You Ignore This Child Soldier?
Jal knows firsthand the horrors of being a child on the front lines.
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Save Children’s Lives by Stopping Illicit Weapons Worldwide
In Sudan and around the world, children are forced into warfare. Many end up as child soldiers, forced to take lives and continue the cycle of violence that they have…
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The World’s Biggest Gun Show
Amnesty International has been able to trace the flow of weapons from manufacturers exhibiting at IDEX to the very weapons used in countries where serious human rights abuses have taken…
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Child Soldiers: Will the Real Obama Please Stand Up?
President Obama can follow through on his rhetoric and lead the U.S. in doing our part to protect the most basic rights of children by supporting ratification of the Arms…
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Mali, Algeria and the Arms Trade Treaty: A Parable for US Security?
The Arms Trade Treaty could be the difference between peacefully resolving an internal struggle over inclusion, decision-making and economic marginalization and facing the spread of Al-Qaida.
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The Children Left Out of Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Why do children in Uganda, the DRC and Mali continue to have a target on their back? Because a global free-for-all lets weapons flow into the hands of armed groups…
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Women Need a Strong Arms Trade Treaty
In an interview with an Amnesty International researcher last year, a female survivor of armed violence in the Cote d'Ivoire told her story and calls on the Obama administration to…
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Another Year Lost for the Lives and Dignity of Congo’s Women
An unending war in the Democratic Republic of Congo leaves tens of thousands of civilians' lives and dignity at risk. Rape and other forms of sexual violence are committed with…