The Devil is in the Detail: The importance of comprehensive and legally binding criteria for arms transfers
More than $2.2bn worth of arms and ammunition have been imported since 2000 to countries operating under arms embargoes, according to new figures released today by international humanitarian agency Oxfam.
A new report, The Devil is in the Detail, shows the extent to which states have been flagrantly flouting the 26 UN, regional or multilateral arms embargoes in force since 2000. Oxfam is calling on the international community to put an end to decades of irresponsible arms deals which devastate people’s lives, by agreeing to a set of legally-binding laws when diplomats meet to draw up a new Arms Trade Treaty in July.
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Publication Date:
3 May 2012 
