Arms
Core Documents
African
(Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
American
Convention on Human Rights
American
Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
Arab
Charter of Human Rights
European
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Documents
Treaties
Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime
Convention
on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional
Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have
Indiscriminate Effects
Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention
on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of
Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
Convention
on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use
of
Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees
Protocol
Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and
Trafficking
in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition
Protocol
for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or
Other
Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare
Instruments
Basic
Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials
Code
of
Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials
Principles
on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal, Arbitrary
and
Summary Executions
Programme
of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small
Arms and
Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
UN
Reports and Resolutions
International
Law Commission Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally
Wrongful Acts
Preliminary
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Prevention of Human Rights
Violations
Committed with Small Arms and Light Weapons (2003)
Working
Paper
of the Special Rapporteur on the Question of Trade, Carry and Use of
Small Arms
and Light Weapons in the Context of Human Rights and Humanitarian Norms
(2002)
UN Treaty Body Concluding
Observations
Human
Rights Committee Concluding Observations regarding Portugal (2003)
Judgments of International
Courts
International Court of
Justice
Advisory
Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
Regional Documents
Regional Treaties
Charter
of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union
Inter-American
Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms in
Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials
Regional Instruments
European
Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
Judgements and Decisions
by Regional Courts and Bodies
Inter-American Court of
Human Rights
Velasquez
Rodriguez v Honduras
European Court of Human
Rights
Akkoç v Turkey
Kelly
and
Others v United Kingdom
McCann
and
Others v United Kingdom
Other Documents
Other Inter-Governmental Texts
OSCE
Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Wassenaar Arrangement’s Best Practice Guidelines
for
Exports of Small Arms and Light Weapons
NGO Documents
Control Arms Campaign
Framework
Convention on International Arms Transfers
Nobel
Peace
Laureates’ International Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers
Other Online Resources
Arms
Instruments in the Law of Armed Conflict
Small
Arms Survey
