Reports and Briefings
'Good Conduct? Ten years of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports', June 2008
Moldova and international small arms transfers: Implementing UN Programme of Action commitments, July 2008
Information exchange, transparency and preventing diversion of arms to unauthorised end-users, March 2008
'Indian helicopters for Myanmar: Making a mockery of embargoes?, July 2007
'Measuring up?': Transfer controls in the European Neighbourhood, May 2007
Arms transfer controls in Europe
Host to many of the world's largest arms exporters, it is vital that Europe has effective arms transfer controls.
What we do
With partners we:
- work for more effective and transparent controls on arms transfers in European Union countries
- work with new member states and neighbouring countries to promote arms controls that comply with EU standards
- analyse the arms transfer control regimes in states and territories across Europe
- encourage the adoption of better accountability systems, including parliamentary scrutiny of export licences and annual arms export reports
We work with European governments, parliamentarians and non-governmental organisations to strengthen regulation of the European arms trade by:
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carrying out research
- developing ways to strengthen the European Union’s regional agreement on arms exports - the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports
- raising awareness through seminars and policy roundtables with governments and civil society
Measuring up?
As the countries of the Western Balkans move closer towards integration with the European Union and NATO, their legislative frameworks for ensuring responsible arms exports are under increasing scrutiny. Saferworld has written a series of reports, first published in 2006, that analyses these frameworks in the light of each country's international commitments and assesses the authorities' capacity to meet their commitments. Reports for the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo and Moldova and can be downloaded.
Find out more
Read more about our work on arms transfers at the UK and international level.
Find out more about our regional arms transfer controls work in the Africa and Asia pages.
Contact: Roy Isbister , Team Leader
