The Arms Flyers. Commercial Aviation, Human Rights, and the Business of War and Arms
June 30, 2011In the last decades, the “business of war” has attracted thousands of civilian transport and logistics companies, especially in the aviation sector. State and non-State actors engaged in armed conflicts or in military operations that require substantial logistic support have increasingly resorted to the services of civilian transport operators to fulfill their transport and logistics needs. For ai
The Karamoja Cluster of eastern Africa: Arms transfers and their repercussions on communal security perceptions
December 31, 2010Nomadic peoples are often, if not universally, perceived as a problem by the governments of the nation states who have responsibility for them; this is particularly so in the case of the three nations with which this report is concerned, viz: Kenya, Uganda and (southern) Sudan. The pastoralist societies within the Karamajong cluster have been unable to adequately defend themselves politically agai
Mapping the Labyrinth: more on the strange weapons flight of 4L-AWA
October 1, 2010This research report is the third in a series about the case of a IL-76 aircraft used for an apparently clandestine arms flight in provenance from Pyongyang – in contravention of the United Nations arms embargo on North Korea -, which was impounded by Thai authorities during a technical stop in Bangkok December 12, 2009. Two previous research reports on this unusual case were published by IPIS and
Deadly Movements. Transportation Controls in the Arms Trade Treaty
July 1, 2010Effective regulation of the global trade in conventional arms must include adequate provisions to control the physical movement of arms across international borders. The proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be designed to prevent unauthorised or irresponsible international transfers of weapons, munitions and related equipment internationally: it must therefore require states to impose effective
From deceit to discovery: The strange flight of 4L-AWA (update)
February 9, 2010A joint IPIS/Transarms publication. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/from_deceit_to_discovery-_the_stran_36e12e3d87b0d9
Exceptions in dual-use export licenses
September 5, 2009The European Commission (EC) presented in December 2008 a Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology. This proposal has been set up to achieve ‘uniform and consistent application of controls throughout the Community’, to ‘simplify the current legal system, to enhance the industry’
Zimbabwe – Arms and Corruption: fuelling human rigths abuse
July 17, 2009The following examples of irresponsible arms transfers involving Zimbabwe and other actors should be of great concern to the international community. The examples cited below are intended to illustrate further the need to ensure that the proposed international Arms Trade Treaty is as comprehensive as possible, and fully reflects the obligations of States to prevent arms transfers which pose a subs
Cieli Neri d’Africa
June 23, 2009Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20090623_ilmanifesto
Fuelling Conflict – Foreign Arms supplies to Israel/Gaza
February 9, 2009With fragile ceasefires now in place in Gaza and southern Israel, the full extent of the devastation caused in recent weeks is becoming increasingly clear. Amnesty International researchers visiting Gaza and southern Israel during and after the fighting found evidence of war crimes and other serious violations of international law by all parties to the conflict. Download in pdf or open with issuu
Un cargo di morte
January 20, 2009Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20090120_ilmanifesto
Illicit brokering of SALW in Europe: lacunae in Eastern European arms control and verification regimes
January 6, 2009Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/danssaert_bjt-4
Tirana-Kabul, e bufera sulla Rice
June 24, 2008Il dipartimento di stato Usa nella bufera: nascosto al Congresso il trasferimento di tonnellate di munizioni dall’Albania all’Afghanistan, in violazione delle leggi statunitensi. Le pessime condizioni dell’arsenale non preoccupano gli americani: a morire a causa di armamenti difettosi saranno solo i soldati di Kabul. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/sta
Afghanistan: arms proliferation fuels further abuse
April 24, 2008Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/afghanistan_arms_proliferation_fuel
Blood at the Crossroads: Making the Case for an Arms Trade Treaty
February 5, 2008The world is reaching the crossroads where governments must decide which approach to take in order to control the increasingly globalised trade in conventional arms. If the current practice of allowing irresponsible transfers of military and security equipment and related items across borders is allowed to continue, millions more lives and livelihoods will be destroyed and the fundamental human ri
Congo blijft onder buitenlandse druk
October 28, 2007Dat president Kabila zijn bezoek aan Brussel inkortte, had één verifieerbare reden: Kabila verbleef vier dagen in Noord-Kivu waar in augustus opnieuw zware gevechten uitbraken tussen het regeringsleger en de rebellerende ex-generaal Laurent Nkunda. Maar Nkunda is niet Kabila’s enige kopzorg, hij ondervindt van meerdere kanten druk. Congolese waarnemers zien daarin de hand van het Westen. Download
Netwerk rond generaal Nkunda dient onderzocht
July 10, 2007Eind deze maand loopt het mandaat van de VN-Expertengroep voor Congo af. De groep komt eerstdaags met haar eindrapport. IPIS, de International Peace Information Service in Antwerpen, kon het rapport al inkijken. Het rapport bevat een aantal specifieke gegevens die ook voor België relevant zijn. Zo is ons land de belangrijkste bestemming voor tin-erts vanuit Goma. Een bewoner van de gemeente Tessen
Sudan: Arms continuing to fuel serious human rights violations in Darfur
May 5, 2007This report describes the arming process and its effects on the people of Darfur and neighbouring eastern Chad, many of whom have been forcibly displaced. It provides details of violations of the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur that occurred during January to March 2007. Amongst other things, it shows how the Government of Sudan violates the UN arms embargo and disguises some of its military
Recent arms deliveries from the successor States of the former Yugoslavia
March 18, 2007This report presents the findings of the group of international experts commissioned by IPIS vzw to examine the current controls on weapons exports from the countries of former Yugoslavia, especially the Republic of Bosnia-Herzogovina and the Republic of Serbia. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20070319_recent_arms_deliveries_fro
Sudan: New photographs show further breach of UN arms embargo on Darfur
January 1, 2007Amnesty International today (24 August 2007) released new photographs showing that the Sudanese government is continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur despite the UN arms embargo and peace agreements. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/aiuk_-_sudan-_further_breach_of_un_
Developing a Mechanism to prevent Illicit Brokering in Small Arms – Scope and Implications
November 9, 2006One of the consequences of the more global, differentiated and diverse arms trade is the increasing reliance of arms buyers and sellers on specialized services from persons or companies that act as intermediaries, or “middlemen”, to arrange arms transactions. Put simply, arms brokers are intermediaries who negotiate commercial and logistical arrangements to meet the requirements of buyers, sellers
