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Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Introduction
- The Title of the Treaty
- The Preamble
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Preparatory Discussions
- Negotiations
- Commentary
- The States Parties
- First Preambular Paragraph: The Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter
- Second Preambular Paragraph: Promoting International Peace and Security with Least Diversion for Arms of the World’s Human and Economic Resources
- Third Preambular Paragraph: The Need to Tackle Illicit Trade in Conventional Arms and Prevent Diversion and Unauthorized End Use and End Users
- Fourth Preambular Paragraph: The Legitimate Interests of Any State in the International Trade in Conventional Arms
- Fifth Preambular Paragraph: The Sovereign Right of States to Regulate Conventional Arms within its Territory
- Sixth Preambular Paragraph: Peace and Security, Development, and Human Rights
- Seventh Preambular Paragraph: The UN Disarmament Commission Guidelines for International Arms Transfers
- Eighth Preambular Paragraph: The UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons, the 2001 Firearms Protocol, and the International Tracing Instrument
- Ninth Preambular Paragraph: The Consequences of the Illicit and Unregulated Trade in Conventional Arms
- Tenth Preambular Paragraph: The Impact of Armed Conflict and Armed Violence on Civilians
- Eleventh Preambular Paragraph: The Challenges for Victims of Armed Conflict and their Needs
- Twelfth Preambular Paragraph: The Possibility for Additional Effective Measures to Further the Treaty’s Object and Purpose
- Thirteenth Preambular Paragraph: The Legitimate Trade and Lawful Ownership and Use of Certain Conventional Arms
- Fourteenth Preambular Paragraph: The Role of Regional Organizations in Supporting Treaty Implementation
- Fifteenth Preambular Paragraph: The Role of Civil Society and Industry in Supporting Treaty Implementation
- Sixteenth Preambular Paragraph: International Co-operation and Legitimate Trade for Peaceful Purposes
- Seventeenth Preambular Paragraph: The Desirability of Universal Adherence to the Treaty
- Eighteenth Preambular Paragraph: Determination to Act in Accordance with Specified Principles
- The Principles
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Preparatory Discussions
- Negotiations
- Commentary
- Principle 1: The Right of States to Self-Defence
- Principle 2: The Settlement of International Disputes by Peaceful Means
- Principle 3: Refraining from the Threat or Use of Force against the Territorial Integrity or Political Independence of Any State
- Principle 4: Non-Intervention in Matters Essentially within the Domestic Jurisdiction of a State
- Principle 5: Respecting and Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
- Principle 6: The Responsibility of States to Regulate International Trade in Conventional Arms and Prevent Diversion and to Establish National Control Systems
- Principle 7: Respect for the Interests of States to Acquire, Produce, Export, Import, and Transfer Conventional Arms
- Principle 8: Implementation of the ATT in a Consistent, Objective, and Non-Discriminatory Manner
- Art.1 Object and Purpose
- Art.2 Scope
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- Paragraph 1
- 2.29
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.33
- 2.34
- 2.35
- 2.36
- 2.37
- Battle Tanks
- Armoured Combat Vehicles
- Large-Calibre Artillery Systems
- Combat Aircraft
- 2.93
- [Unmanned Aerial Vehicle]
- [Unmanned Aircraft System]
- Fixed-Wing Aircraft
- Variable-Geometry Wing
- Guided Missiles
- [Unguided] Rockets
- Bombs [Guided and Unguided]
- Guns
- Cannons
- Other Weapons of Destruction
- Specialized Electronic Warfare
- Suppression of Air Defence
- Reconnaissance Missions
- Primary Trainer Aircraft
- Analysis
- Indicative List of Types/Models not Covered by the UNROCA Description
- Attack Helicopters
- Warships
- Missiles and Missile Launchers
- Small Arms and Light Weapons
- 2.176
- 2.177
- 2.178
- 2.179
- 2.180
- 2.181
- 2.182
- 2.183
- 2.184
- 2.185
- 2.186
- 2.187
- 2.188
- 2.189
- 2.190
- 2.191
- 2.192
- Small Arms
- Light Weapons
- Heavy machine guns.
- Hand-held
- Under-barrel grenade launchers.
- Mounted grenade launchers.
- Portable anti-aircraft guns.
- Portable anti-tank guns.
- Recoilless rifles.
- Portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems.
- Portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems.
- Mortars of a calibre less than 100 mm.
- Classes of Weapons Excluded from the ITI Categories
- Classes of Weapons Entirely Excluded from the ITI Definition
- Paragraph 2
- Paragraph 3
- Paragraph 1
- Art.3 Ammunition/Munitions
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- 3.14
- Nature of Obligations under Article 3
- Nature of Items Regulated under Article 3
- Ammunition/Munitions
- ‘Fired, launched or delivered’
- Overview of Types of Munitions that are Fired, Launched, or Delivered
- 3.31
- Battle tanks.
- Armoured combat vehicles.
- Large-calibre artillery systems.
- Combat aircraft.
- Attack helicopters.
- Warships.
- Missiles and missile launchers.
- Small arms and light weapons.
- Cartridge-based ammunition.
- Non-cartridge-based ammunition.
- Mortars.
- Unguided ammunition.
- Guided ammunition.
- Small Arms
- Light Weapons
- Heavy machine guns.
- Cannon
- Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers.
- Portable anti-aircraft guns.
- Portable anti-tank guns.
- Recoilless rifles.
- Portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems.
- Portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems.
- Mortars of a calibre of less than 100 mm.
- Art.4 Parts and Components
- Art.5 General Implementation
- Art.6 Prohibitions
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- The Prohibition of Transfer
- Paragraph 1
- Paragraph 2
- Paragraph 3
- 6.80
- Knowledge
- Determining the Risk
- ‘In the commission of’
- Genocide
- 6.102
- 6.103
- 6.104
- 6.105
- 6.106
- 6.107
- 6.108
- 6.109
- 6.110
- 6.111
- Destruction of the Group in Whole or in Part
- Killing
- Causing Serious Bodily or Mental Harm
- Deliberately Inflicting on the Group Conditions of Life Calculated to Bring about its Physical Destruction in Whole or in Part
- Imposing Measures Intended to Prevent Births within the Group
- Forcibly Transferring Children of the Group to Another Group
- Crimes against Humanity
- Grave Breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions
- Attacks against Civilian Objects or Civilians Protected as Such
- Other War Crimes as Defined by International Agreements to which it is a Party
- Common Article 3
- 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions
- The Protection of Cultural Property
- Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel
- Conclusion on Article 6(3)
- Art.7 Export and Export Assessment
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- Paragraph 1
- 7.22
- If the export is not prohibited under Article 6
- Each Exporting State Party
- Prior to Authorization
- Pursuant to the National Control System of the Exporting State
- An Objective and Non-Discriminatory Assessment
- The Duty to Take into Account Relevant Factors in the Assessment
- Information Provided by the Importing State
- Assessing the Potential
- Would Contribute to or Undermine Peace and Security
- Could be Used to Commit or Facilitate
- A Serious Violation of International Humanitarian Law
- A Serious Violation of International Human Rights Law
- Commit or Facilitate an Act of Terrorism
- Commit or Facilitate Transnational Organized Crime
- Paragraph 2
- Paragraph 3
- Paragraph 4
- Paragraph 5
- Paragraph 6
- Paragraph 7
- Paragraph 1
- Art.8 Import
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- Art.9 Transit or Trans-Shipment
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- Art.10 Brokering
- Art.11 Diversion
- Art.12 Record-Keeping
- Art.13 Reporting
- Art.14 Enforcement
- Art.15 International Cooperation
- Art.16 International Assistance
- Preliminary Material
- Overview
- Relationship to Other Provisions
- Preparatory Discussions and Negotiations
- Commentary
- Art.17 Conference of States Parties
- Art.18 Secretariat
- Art.19 Dispute Settlement
- Art.20 Amendments
- Art.21 Signature, Ratification, Acceptance, Approval, or Accession
- Art.22 Entry into Force
- Art.23 Provisional Application
- Art.24 Duration and Withdrawal
- Art.25 Reservations
- Art.26 Relationship with Other International Agreements
- Art.27 Depositary
- Art.28 Authentic Texts
- The Adoption of the Treaty
- Further Material