Research Guides: Conventional Weapons and the Arms Trade: Websites

IOs and IGOs

Wassenaar Arrangement website
ICRC | Conventional Weapons
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.
World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations.
The Arms Trade Treaty - Homepage
Promoting responsibility in international transfers of conventional arms
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The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is an international treaty that regulates the international trade in conventional arms and seeks to prevent and eradicate illicit trade and diversion of conventional arms by establishing international standards governing arms transfers.
The Treaty came into force on 24 December 2014. At this stage the Treaty has a total of 112 States Parties and 29 States that have signed but not yet ratified the Treaty.
Convention on Cluster Munitions Main Website

Small Arms Survey
The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence.
SIPRI — Dual Use and Arms Trade Control
SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources, to policymakers, researchers, media and the interested public.
See also: SIPRI publications on chemical weapons
Stimson Center
promotes international security, shared prosperity & justice through applied research and independent analysis, deep engagement, and policy innovation.
The International Peace Institute (IPI)
is an independent, international not-for-profit think tank dedicated to managing risk and building resilience to promote peace, security, and sustainable development. To achieve its purpose, IPI employs a mix of policy research, strategic analysis, publishing, and convening.

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
is a global network of non-governmental organizations, active in some 100 countries, that works for a world free of antipersonnel landmines, where landmine survivors can lead fulfilling lives.
Control arms
Control Arms is a global coalition of almost 200 non-governmental organizations working to reduce armed violence and conflict through strong controls on the international arms trade.
Reaching Critical Will (RCW)
Reaching Critical Will (RCW) is the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) disarmament program. It aims to lead the organization’s analysis and advocacy for disarmament, the reduction of global military spending and militarism, and the investigation of gendered aspects of the impact of weapons and disarmament processes
Mine Action Review
Mine Action Review conducts the primary research and analysis on landmine and cluster munition remnant contamination, survey, and clearance worldwide, with a view to monitoring and furthering full implementation of the clearance obligations of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).