Control arms

Control Arms is campaign run jointly by Amnesty International, International Action Network on Small Arms and Oxfam International. We are calling for a global, legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to stop weapons being used to fuel conflict, poverty and human rights abuses.

Current events

World's biggest arms traders promise global arms treaty

The campaign in brief

One person dies every minute as a result of armed violence.
Light weapons kill more than 800 people every day.
There is no comprehensive international agreement governing the transfer of arms. By contrast, there is a legally-binding global treaty governing the transfer between countries of items such as dinosaur bones and old postage stamps.

All governments are partly responsible for this situation. The Control Arms campaign asks States to reinforce the controls on arms sales.