The Arms trade treaty - toothless tiger or robust regime for conventional arms control?

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Effective since the end of 2014, the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) seeks to stem the ever growing, uncontrolled and illegal trading of conventional weapons and munitions and to achieve better controls and regulations. However, the implementation process has since then moved with rather slow pace.
At the first Conference of States Parties in Mexico it was agreed to establish a small Secretariat with limited resources in Geneva. But efforts need to be intensified. Norms and standards have to be defined and a reporting mechanism be introduced that contributes to transparency in international arms trade.

With stakeholders from different regions involved in the ATT implementation we want to discuss the following questions:

• What has been achieved since its coming into effect, also with regard to the Second Conference of States Parties in August 2016?


• Where are the shortcomings?


• What role do civil society actors play in the further implementation process to achieve a robust framework for the ATT?

Panelists:
Ismaila Kangoyé, Amnesty International, Ivory Coast;
Maritza Chan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica;
Max Mutschler, Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC), Germany.

Download Program here.