TY - BOOK ID - 99995838 TI - The Arms Trade Treaty : weapons and international law AU - Da Silva, Clare AU - Wood, Brian PY - 2021 SN - 1839701609 1839701056 PB - Cambridge : Intersentia, DB - UniCat KW - Arms transfers KW - Arms control. KW - Law and legislation. KW - Security, International KW - Arms race KW - Disarmament KW - Military readiness KW - War, Maritime (International law) KW - War (International law) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:99995838 AB - On 2 April 2013, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty and on 24 December 2014, it entered into force. This marked the end of a long road towards achieving the first global treaty regulating the international trade in conventional arms and preventing their illicit trade and diversion. This book offers readers a concise and workable insight into each of the Articles of this important legal instrument, as well as its negotiation and scope of application. It brings together renowned state practitioners, legal academics and non-governmental expert analysts with different perspectives and backgrounds, many of whom were directly involved in the negotiation of the Treaty itself.
The Arms Trade Treaty
will provide a comprehensive commentary to guide academics, officials, diplomats and others in the implementation of the Treaty. This book was previously published by Larcier. By popular demand, it has been republished and is now available in eBook format. ER -