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n 2 April 2013, the UN General Assem-
bly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty
(ATT),1
an international instrument
designed to regulate the transfer of conven-
tional arms, including small arms and light
weapons. The ATT is a significant addition to
the existing arsenal of international and regional
efforts to address the problems associated
with irresponsible arms transfers and small
arms proliferation.
The inclusion of small arms and light
weapons and ammunition in an ATT was a
priority for many states during the negotiations.
As the international community celebrates the
adoption of the ATT, an important question
emerges: what does the ATT mean for small
arms control?
This paper explores the relationship between
the ATT and international instruments in this
area, including synergies and inconsistencies.
It also examines the ATT’s relevance to and
potential impact on the existing commitments
and emerging norms in the area of small arms
control and, specifically, international transfers.
What is the current landscape?
At the international level, the Protocol against
the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms, Their Parts and Components and
Ammunition (the Firearms Protocol), the UN
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and
Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and
The Arms Trade Treaty: A Step
Forward in Small Arms Control?
NUMBER30•JUNE2013
Small Arms Survey Research Notes • Number 30 • June 2013 1
Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA), and
the International Instrument to Enable States
to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable
Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons
(ITI) have all contributed to the development
of a normative framework on small arms con-
trol (see Table 1). Indeed, the preamble of the
ATT notes the ‘contribution made’ by these
three instruments (UNGA, 2013, preamble).
In addition, regional agreements supplement
commitments in this area.
Where is the overlap between the
ATT and existing instruments ?
The ATT overlaps with existing instruments in
several important ways: it covers some of the
same types of arms and some of the same types
of transactions and activities. Furthermore,
there are overlaps in terms of implementation
activities.
Scope: arms
While the PoA and the ITI only clearly cover
small arms and light weapons, and the Firearms
Protocol only covers firearms, ammunition, and
parts and components, the ATT covers the
full range of conventional weapons as well as
ammunition and parts and components (UNGA,
2013, arts. 2(1)(h), 3, 4). The ATT thus fills one
of the gaps of the PoA, which does not clearly
cover ammunition.
ResearchNotesMEASURES&
PROGRAMMES
Table 1. Overview of international instruments covering small arms
International
instrument
Date adopted Legal status Scope
Legally
binding
Non-legally
binding
Small arms and
light weapons
Ammunition Parts and
components
Firearms Protocol 8 June 2001  *  
PoA 20 July 2001   ** **
ITI 8 December 2005  
ATT 2 April 2013   *** ***
Notes:
* The Firearms Protocol covers all small arms but applies to only a narrow range of light weapons—specifically, those using cartridge-based ammunition that can be moved
or carried by one person (McDonald, 2005, p. 126).
** The PoA contains no definition of ‘small arms and light weapons’, creating uncertainty as to whether provisions that are not clearly limited to the weapons themselves, in
particular those on marking (UNGA, 2001a, para. II.7), apply to small arms ammunition and parts and components. The ammunition question has been the source of political
controversy, with some states arguing that the PoA applies to ammunition and others refuting this assertion.
*** Only certain ATT provisions apply to ammunition and parts and components.
Scope: transactions
Although the PoA and the Firearms
Protocol are narrow in terms of the
types of arms they cover, they include
a broad range of control measures and
activities. In contrast, the ATT covers
a broader range of conventional arms
but only deals with one main aspect
of the control system—international
transfers (including export, import,
transit or transhipment, and brokering)
(see Figure 1). Notably, the Firearms
Protocol does not apply to state-to-state
transactions or state transfers where
national security interests would be
prejudiced (UNGA, 2001b, art. 4.2).
The ATT, however, contains no such
exclusion, and applies to all transfers as
defined by the treaty, thus filling one
of the gaps of the Firearms Protocol
(UNGA, 2013, art. 2.2).
Implementation
In addition to shared elements of scope,
the instruments contain similar or
complementary commitments. Some of
the ATT commitments closely mimic
existing commitments on international
transfers (see Table 2). For example,
the Firearms Protocol, the PoA, and
the ATT all include provisions for
regulating the export, import, transit or
transhipment, and brokering of arms,
as well as commitments to keep records
of arms transfers.
In some instances, ATT provisions
also help to create benchmarks and
elaborate on commitments that lack spe-
cificity. For example, the PoA requires
states to assess export authorizations
in accordance with existing responsi-
bilities under relevant international law,
but it does not specify what considera-
2	 Small Arms Survey Research Notes • Number 30 • June 2013
penalties for illicit brokering (UNGA,
2001a, para. II.14). The language and
framing of the ATT brokering provi-
sions are reminiscent of those in the
Firearms Protocol (UNGA, 2001b,
art. 15). Either way, states now have at
least3
three reference points for regu-
lating brokers, each slightly different
from the others.
A final example of one of the incon-
sistencies between the instruments
relates to record-keeping. The ITI
requires states to keep records of all
small arms within their territory
‘indefinitely’ (to the extent possible),
but, at a minimum, records of import
and export must be kept for at least
20 years (UNGA, 2005, para. 12). The
ATT, however, requires states to keep
records of export authorizations or
actual exports but only encourages
them to keep records of small arms
that are imported4
or that transit their
territories. Moreover, under the ATT
records need only be kept for a mini-
mum of ten years (UNGA, 2013, art. 12),
which is consistent with the Firearms
Protocol (UNGA, 2001b, art. 7).
What impact could the ATT
have on small arms control?
The ATT has contributed several
missing pieces to the framework of
controls governing the international
transfer of small arms, namely express
prohibitions on certain types of trans-
fers and specific criteria that must be
applied to export licensing decisions.
The ATT reinforces certain national-
level commitments, such as the require-
ment to establish control systems
governing export authorizations, and
makes them legally binding obligations,
which should ostensibly improve
states’ adherence to and implemen­
tation of their commitments.5
In the
context of regulating the export of
small arms, therefore, the ATT takes
small arms transfer controls several
steps forward.
However, with respect to other
transactions, namely import, transit,
and brokering, the political compro-
mises required to reach agreement have
left the ATT with a series of provisions
that are, in many cases, weaker than
existing commitments on small arms
transfers agreed more than a decade
ago. Worse still, the ATT has taken
tions should be applied—other than
the risk of diversion into the illegal
trade (UNGA, 2001a, para. II.11). The
ATT identifies some of these ‘existing
responsibilities’ and provides a list of
the criteria states parties must consider
when assessing export authoriza-
tions (UNGA, 2013, art. 7.1). The ATT
occasionally goes further than existing
instruments, for example by including
express prohibitions on the transfer
of small arms, ammunition, and parts
and components in certain circum-
stances (art. 6).
However, while many ATT provi-
sions complement and even expand
on existing commitments, some are
inconsistent and others actually dilute
established commitments and emerg-
ing norms in this area. For example,
the ATT provisions on import and
transit are littered with qualifying
language, whereby states are only
required to take measures to regulate
imports ‘where necessary’ (UNGA, 2013,
art. 8.2); to take measures to regulate
transit ‘where necessary and feasible’
(art. 9). Such qualifiers are not present
in the Firearms Protocol, which is also
legally binding.
Furthermore, under the ATT each
state party is to take measures to regu-
late brokering ‘pursuant to its national
laws’ (UNGA, 2013, art. 10); this pro-
vision implies that states need not do
more than is already being done pur-
suant to existing national law. Indeed,
the ATT merely suggests that such
measures may include registration or
brokering authorizations, whereas
under the PoA, brokering controls should
include measures such as registration,
licensing, or authorization of broker-
ing transactions as well as appropriate
Figure 1. International instruments: scope regarding transactions2
PoA
•	 Manufacture (regulation)
•	 Stockpile management
•	 Surplus identification
and disposal
•	 Public awareness
•	 Weapons collection
•	 Disarmament, demobilization,
and reintegration
•	 Criminalization
(stockpiling, possession)
Firearms Protocol
•	 Confiscation, seizure,
and disposal
•	 Deactivation
•	 Criminalization
(tampering with markings)
Criminalization
(illicit: manufacture,
trade/trafficking)
ITI
Marking
Record-keeping (all)
Tracing
Manufacture (marking,
record-keeping)
ATT
International
transfers (export,
import, transit, brokering)
Record-keeping
(transfers)
SmallArmsSurveyResearchNotes•Number30•June20133
Table 2. Overview of commitments on international transfers of small arms*
Theme Firearms Protocol PoA ATT
Export •	Each state party shall establish or maintain an effective
system of export licensing or authorization (art. 10.1).
•	Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over
export (paras. II.2, II.12).
•	Establish an effective system of export licensing or authorization
(para. II.11).
•	Establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list (art. 5.2).
•	Establish and maintain national control systems to regulate export of ammunition/munitions (art. 3) and parts
and components (art. 4).
•	NoprovisionsintheFirearmsProtocolexpresslyprohib-
iting the export of firearms in specified circumstances.
•	No provisions in the PoA expressly prohibiting the export of small
arms in specified circumstances; however, UN member states
have undertaken to take appropriate measures, including legal
and administrative ones, against activities that violate arms
embargoes (para. II.15).
•	A state shall not authorize transfers that would: violate UN Security Council and UN Charter obligations (espe-
cially arms embargoes) (art. 6.1); violate obligations under international agreements it is party to (art. 6.2); or
be used in the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions,
attacks directed against civilians, or other war crimes (art. 6.3).
•	There are no provisions in the Firearms Protocol
expressly requiring states parties to conduct a risk
assessment as part of an export licensing decision.
•	Assess export applications according to strict national regula-
tions and procedures that are consistent with international law
and that take into account the risk of diversion (para. II.11).
•	Assess the potential that weapons: would contribute to or undermine peace and security; could be used to
breach international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international conventions, or proto-
cols relating to terrorism or transnational organized crime (art. 7.1).
•	Deny the export if there is an overriding risk of any of these (art. 7.3).
•	Verify: (a) importing states have issued import licences
or authorizations; and (b) written notice that transit
states do not object (art. 10.2).
•	Documentation must include: place and date of issu-
ance, date of expiration, country of export, country of
import, final recipient, description and quantity of the
items, and transit countries (if relevant) (art. 10.3).
•	Ensure (within available means) that the authenticity
of documents can be verified or validated (art. 10.5).
•	Ensure the use of authenticated end-user certificates and effec-
tive legal and enforcement measures (para. II.12).
•	Ensure all authorizations for export are detailed and issued prior to export (art. 7.5).
•	The importing state shall ensure that relevant information—such as end-use or end-user documentation—is
provided, upon request, pursuant to its national law, to assist the exporting state party (art. 8.1).
•	Make available all information about the authorization, upon request, to the importing, transit, and tranship-
ment states parties (art. 7.6).
Import •	Each state party shall establish or maintain an effective
system of import licensing or authorization (art. 10.1).
•	Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over
import (para. II.2).
•	Establish an effective system of import licensing or authorization
(para. II.11).
•	The importing state shall take measures to regulate, where necessary, imports under its jurisdiction, such as
through import systems (art. 8.2).
•	The importing state party shall, upon request, inform
the exporting state party of the receipt of the dis-
patched shipment (art. 10.4).
•	Other than stipulating that an import licence or authorization
is required, there are no provisions in the PoA expressly calling
on states to provide certain documentation or exchange infor-
mation on small arms imports.
•	The importing state shall ensure that relevant information—such as end-use or end-user documentation—is
provided, upon request, pursuant to its national law, to assist the exporting state party (art. 8.1).
•	The importing state may request information from the exporting state regarding export authorizations (art. 8.3).
Transit and
transhipment
•	Establish or maintain effective measures on interna-
tional transit (art. 10.1).
•	Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over
transit (paras. II.2 and 12).
•	Establish measures on international transit (para. II.11).
•	Take appropriate measures to regulate, where necessary and feasible, the transit or transhipment through
its territory (art. 9).
•	The information in the import licence must be provided
to the transit states in advance (art. 10.3).
•	Ensure the use of authenticated end-user certificates and effec-
tive legal and enforcement measures (para. II.12).
•	No specific reference to end-use or other documentation in the context of regulating the transit of arms.
Retransfer •	No specific provisions on retransfer or re-export of
items, but presumably the export provisions are
intended to apply to their re-export.
•	Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over
retransfer (para. II.12).
•	Notify the original exporting states before the retransfer of
weapons (para. II.13).
•	No specific provisions with respect to the retransfer or re-export of arms, but presumably the export provisions
are intended to apply to their re-export.
Brokering •	Consider regulating brokers by establishing a system
that requires: registration; licensing or authorization
of brokering; and/or disclosure of brokers on docu-
mentation (art. 15).
•	Develop legislation and administrative procedures on brokering,
including: registration, licensing or authorization of brokering
transactions, and appropriate penalties for illicit brokering
(para. II.14).
•	Each state party shall take measures, pursuant to its national laws, to regulate brokering taking place within
its jurisdiction, such as registration or brokering authorizations (art. 10).
LRAP — laws, regulations, and administrative procedures. Provisions apply to small arms and light weapons, their ammunition, parts, and components. Provisions apply only to weapons, but not to ammunition, parts, or components.
Note: * The ITI is not included in Table 2 since it does not contain provisions on international transfers (other than keeping records of transfers).
the international community a step
backwards with respect to certain
other norms, including the duration
of record-keeping, a crucial element
in efforts to trace illicit small arms.
What this will mean in practice is
unclear. All UN member states have
undertaken to fulfil the PoA commit-
ments, including those covering inter-
national transfers, and, at this writing,
98 states were parties to the Firearms
Protocol. How states that sign and
ratify the ATT choose to implement
some of its recommendations—as
opposed to obligations—in light of
existing, firmer commitments they
may have under the PoA, the ITI, and
Firearms Protocol remains to be seen.
But given that the ATT, once in force,
will be legally binding and that it was
agreed subsequent to the other instru-
ments, states may perceive its overlap-
ping provisions as taking precedence
over the earlier instruments. Wherever
ATT provisions are weaker than their
Firearms Protocol, PoA, or ITI equiva-
lents, the discrepancies could lead to
an erosion of existing commitments,
or of their relevance, and a lowering
of emerging benchmarks for small
arms control.
Conclusion
In many instances the ATT comple-
ments and bolsters existing small arms
instruments, but it cannot and should
not be viewed as replacing these instru-
ments in their entirety. International
transfer controls are but one aspect of
the Firearms Protocol and PoA amid a
broad range of arms control measures.
And for many UN member states,
including ones that fought to ensure
small arms and light weapons would
be included in the ATT, small arms-
related problems have less to do with
inadequate international transfer con-
trols and more to do with controlling
small arms already within their territo-
ries. If states mistakenly perceive the
ATT as replacing existing instruments
or somehow rendering them redun-
dant, their willingness to fulfil the
commitments in these other instru-
ments may suffer and states may
turn their efforts to implementing the
ATT rather than existing instruments.
States should be careful not to ignore
or overlook national priorities that may
lie elsewhere—such as addressing leak-
age from state stockpiles or improving
marking and record-keeping practices—
in the name of ATT compliance.
Notes
1	 At this writing, the ATT had opened for
signature on 3 June 2013 and was to come
into force once 50 states had ratified it.
2	 Figure 1 offers only a general idea of
the coverage of the different instruments
and their relationships. For details, see
Table 2.
3	 States may also have agreed to brokering
commitments under regional instruments.
4	 Although states are only encouraged to
keep records of imports, they are required
to submit annual reports on authorized or
actual imports (UNGA, 2013, art. 13.3). It
is difficult to see how states could submit
such reports without keeping records.
5	 Though states parties to the Firearms
Protocol are already legally bound to
regulate small arms exports.
References
McDonald, Glenn. 2005. ‘Locking onto Target:
Light Weapons Control Measures.’ In
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2001a. Programme of Action to Prevent,
Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in
Small Arms and Light Weapons in All
Its Aspects (‘PoA’). A/CONF.192/15 of
20 July. July. <http://www.poa-iss.org/
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For additional information about interna-
tional measures, please visit www.small
armssurvey.org/?international.html.
4	 Small Arms Survey Research Notes • Number 30 • June 2013
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The Arms Trade Treaty: A Step Forward in Small Arms Control?

  • 1. O n 2 April 2013, the UN General Assem- bly adopted the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),1 an international instrument designed to regulate the transfer of conven- tional arms, including small arms and light weapons. The ATT is a significant addition to the existing arsenal of international and regional efforts to address the problems associated with irresponsible arms transfers and small arms proliferation. The inclusion of small arms and light weapons and ammunition in an ATT was a priority for many states during the negotiations. As the international community celebrates the adoption of the ATT, an important question emerges: what does the ATT mean for small arms control? This paper explores the relationship between the ATT and international instruments in this area, including synergies and inconsistencies. It also examines the ATT’s relevance to and potential impact on the existing commitments and emerging norms in the area of small arms control and, specifically, international transfers. What is the current landscape? At the international level, the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition (the Firearms Protocol), the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and The Arms Trade Treaty: A Step Forward in Small Arms Control? NUMBER30•JUNE2013 Small Arms Survey Research Notes • Number 30 • June 2013 1 Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA), and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (ITI) have all contributed to the development of a normative framework on small arms con- trol (see Table 1). Indeed, the preamble of the ATT notes the ‘contribution made’ by these three instruments (UNGA, 2013, preamble). In addition, regional agreements supplement commitments in this area. Where is the overlap between the ATT and existing instruments ? The ATT overlaps with existing instruments in several important ways: it covers some of the same types of arms and some of the same types of transactions and activities. Furthermore, there are overlaps in terms of implementation activities. Scope: arms While the PoA and the ITI only clearly cover small arms and light weapons, and the Firearms Protocol only covers firearms, ammunition, and parts and components, the ATT covers the full range of conventional weapons as well as ammunition and parts and components (UNGA, 2013, arts. 2(1)(h), 3, 4). The ATT thus fills one of the gaps of the PoA, which does not clearly cover ammunition. ResearchNotesMEASURES& PROGRAMMES Table 1. Overview of international instruments covering small arms International instrument Date adopted Legal status Scope Legally binding Non-legally binding Small arms and light weapons Ammunition Parts and components Firearms Protocol 8 June 2001  *   PoA 20 July 2001   ** ** ITI 8 December 2005   ATT 2 April 2013   *** *** Notes: * The Firearms Protocol covers all small arms but applies to only a narrow range of light weapons—specifically, those using cartridge-based ammunition that can be moved or carried by one person (McDonald, 2005, p. 126). ** The PoA contains no definition of ‘small arms and light weapons’, creating uncertainty as to whether provisions that are not clearly limited to the weapons themselves, in particular those on marking (UNGA, 2001a, para. II.7), apply to small arms ammunition and parts and components. The ammunition question has been the source of political controversy, with some states arguing that the PoA applies to ammunition and others refuting this assertion. *** Only certain ATT provisions apply to ammunition and parts and components.
  • 2. Scope: transactions Although the PoA and the Firearms Protocol are narrow in terms of the types of arms they cover, they include a broad range of control measures and activities. In contrast, the ATT covers a broader range of conventional arms but only deals with one main aspect of the control system—international transfers (including export, import, transit or transhipment, and brokering) (see Figure 1). Notably, the Firearms Protocol does not apply to state-to-state transactions or state transfers where national security interests would be prejudiced (UNGA, 2001b, art. 4.2). The ATT, however, contains no such exclusion, and applies to all transfers as defined by the treaty, thus filling one of the gaps of the Firearms Protocol (UNGA, 2013, art. 2.2). Implementation In addition to shared elements of scope, the instruments contain similar or complementary commitments. Some of the ATT commitments closely mimic existing commitments on international transfers (see Table 2). For example, the Firearms Protocol, the PoA, and the ATT all include provisions for regulating the export, import, transit or transhipment, and brokering of arms, as well as commitments to keep records of arms transfers. In some instances, ATT provisions also help to create benchmarks and elaborate on commitments that lack spe- cificity. For example, the PoA requires states to assess export authorizations in accordance with existing responsi- bilities under relevant international law, but it does not specify what considera- 2 Small Arms Survey Research Notes • Number 30 • June 2013 penalties for illicit brokering (UNGA, 2001a, para. II.14). The language and framing of the ATT brokering provi- sions are reminiscent of those in the Firearms Protocol (UNGA, 2001b, art. 15). Either way, states now have at least3 three reference points for regu- lating brokers, each slightly different from the others. A final example of one of the incon- sistencies between the instruments relates to record-keeping. The ITI requires states to keep records of all small arms within their territory ‘indefinitely’ (to the extent possible), but, at a minimum, records of import and export must be kept for at least 20 years (UNGA, 2005, para. 12). The ATT, however, requires states to keep records of export authorizations or actual exports but only encourages them to keep records of small arms that are imported4 or that transit their territories. Moreover, under the ATT records need only be kept for a mini- mum of ten years (UNGA, 2013, art. 12), which is consistent with the Firearms Protocol (UNGA, 2001b, art. 7). What impact could the ATT have on small arms control? The ATT has contributed several missing pieces to the framework of controls governing the international transfer of small arms, namely express prohibitions on certain types of trans- fers and specific criteria that must be applied to export licensing decisions. The ATT reinforces certain national- level commitments, such as the require- ment to establish control systems governing export authorizations, and makes them legally binding obligations, which should ostensibly improve states’ adherence to and implemen­ tation of their commitments.5 In the context of regulating the export of small arms, therefore, the ATT takes small arms transfer controls several steps forward. However, with respect to other transactions, namely import, transit, and brokering, the political compro- mises required to reach agreement have left the ATT with a series of provisions that are, in many cases, weaker than existing commitments on small arms transfers agreed more than a decade ago. Worse still, the ATT has taken tions should be applied—other than the risk of diversion into the illegal trade (UNGA, 2001a, para. II.11). The ATT identifies some of these ‘existing responsibilities’ and provides a list of the criteria states parties must consider when assessing export authoriza- tions (UNGA, 2013, art. 7.1). The ATT occasionally goes further than existing instruments, for example by including express prohibitions on the transfer of small arms, ammunition, and parts and components in certain circum- stances (art. 6). However, while many ATT provi- sions complement and even expand on existing commitments, some are inconsistent and others actually dilute established commitments and emerg- ing norms in this area. For example, the ATT provisions on import and transit are littered with qualifying language, whereby states are only required to take measures to regulate imports ‘where necessary’ (UNGA, 2013, art. 8.2); to take measures to regulate transit ‘where necessary and feasible’ (art. 9). Such qualifiers are not present in the Firearms Protocol, which is also legally binding. Furthermore, under the ATT each state party is to take measures to regu- late brokering ‘pursuant to its national laws’ (UNGA, 2013, art. 10); this pro- vision implies that states need not do more than is already being done pur- suant to existing national law. Indeed, the ATT merely suggests that such measures may include registration or brokering authorizations, whereas under the PoA, brokering controls should include measures such as registration, licensing, or authorization of broker- ing transactions as well as appropriate Figure 1. International instruments: scope regarding transactions2 PoA • Manufacture (regulation) • Stockpile management • Surplus identification and disposal • Public awareness • Weapons collection • Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration • Criminalization (stockpiling, possession) Firearms Protocol • Confiscation, seizure, and disposal • Deactivation • Criminalization (tampering with markings) Criminalization (illicit: manufacture, trade/trafficking) ITI Marking Record-keeping (all) Tracing Manufacture (marking, record-keeping) ATT International transfers (export, import, transit, brokering) Record-keeping (transfers)
  • 3. SmallArmsSurveyResearchNotes•Number30•June20133 Table 2. Overview of commitments on international transfers of small arms* Theme Firearms Protocol PoA ATT Export • Each state party shall establish or maintain an effective system of export licensing or authorization (art. 10.1). • Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over export (paras. II.2, II.12). • Establish an effective system of export licensing or authorization (para. II.11). • Establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list (art. 5.2). • Establish and maintain national control systems to regulate export of ammunition/munitions (art. 3) and parts and components (art. 4). • NoprovisionsintheFirearmsProtocolexpresslyprohib- iting the export of firearms in specified circumstances. • No provisions in the PoA expressly prohibiting the export of small arms in specified circumstances; however, UN member states have undertaken to take appropriate measures, including legal and administrative ones, against activities that violate arms embargoes (para. II.15). • A state shall not authorize transfers that would: violate UN Security Council and UN Charter obligations (espe- cially arms embargoes) (art. 6.1); violate obligations under international agreements it is party to (art. 6.2); or be used in the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, attacks directed against civilians, or other war crimes (art. 6.3). • There are no provisions in the Firearms Protocol expressly requiring states parties to conduct a risk assessment as part of an export licensing decision. • Assess export applications according to strict national regula- tions and procedures that are consistent with international law and that take into account the risk of diversion (para. II.11). • Assess the potential that weapons: would contribute to or undermine peace and security; could be used to breach international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international conventions, or proto- cols relating to terrorism or transnational organized crime (art. 7.1). • Deny the export if there is an overriding risk of any of these (art. 7.3). • Verify: (a) importing states have issued import licences or authorizations; and (b) written notice that transit states do not object (art. 10.2). • Documentation must include: place and date of issu- ance, date of expiration, country of export, country of import, final recipient, description and quantity of the items, and transit countries (if relevant) (art. 10.3). • Ensure (within available means) that the authenticity of documents can be verified or validated (art. 10.5). • Ensure the use of authenticated end-user certificates and effec- tive legal and enforcement measures (para. II.12). • Ensure all authorizations for export are detailed and issued prior to export (art. 7.5). • The importing state shall ensure that relevant information—such as end-use or end-user documentation—is provided, upon request, pursuant to its national law, to assist the exporting state party (art. 8.1). • Make available all information about the authorization, upon request, to the importing, transit, and tranship- ment states parties (art. 7.6). Import • Each state party shall establish or maintain an effective system of import licensing or authorization (art. 10.1). • Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over import (para. II.2). • Establish an effective system of import licensing or authorization (para. II.11). • The importing state shall take measures to regulate, where necessary, imports under its jurisdiction, such as through import systems (art. 8.2). • The importing state party shall, upon request, inform the exporting state party of the receipt of the dis- patched shipment (art. 10.4). • Other than stipulating that an import licence or authorization is required, there are no provisions in the PoA expressly calling on states to provide certain documentation or exchange infor- mation on small arms imports. • The importing state shall ensure that relevant information—such as end-use or end-user documentation—is provided, upon request, pursuant to its national law, to assist the exporting state party (art. 8.1). • The importing state may request information from the exporting state regarding export authorizations (art. 8.3). Transit and transhipment • Establish or maintain effective measures on interna- tional transit (art. 10.1). • Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over transit (paras. II.2 and 12). • Establish measures on international transit (para. II.11). • Take appropriate measures to regulate, where necessary and feasible, the transit or transhipment through its territory (art. 9). • The information in the import licence must be provided to the transit states in advance (art. 10.3). • Ensure the use of authenticated end-user certificates and effec- tive legal and enforcement measures (para. II.12). • No specific reference to end-use or other documentation in the context of regulating the transit of arms. Retransfer • No specific provisions on retransfer or re-export of items, but presumably the export provisions are intended to apply to their re-export. • Put in place adequate LRAP to exercise effective control over retransfer (para. II.12). • Notify the original exporting states before the retransfer of weapons (para. II.13). • No specific provisions with respect to the retransfer or re-export of arms, but presumably the export provisions are intended to apply to their re-export. Brokering • Consider regulating brokers by establishing a system that requires: registration; licensing or authorization of brokering; and/or disclosure of brokers on docu- mentation (art. 15). • Develop legislation and administrative procedures on brokering, including: registration, licensing or authorization of brokering transactions, and appropriate penalties for illicit brokering (para. II.14). • Each state party shall take measures, pursuant to its national laws, to regulate brokering taking place within its jurisdiction, such as registration or brokering authorizations (art. 10). LRAP — laws, regulations, and administrative procedures. Provisions apply to small arms and light weapons, their ammunition, parts, and components. Provisions apply only to weapons, but not to ammunition, parts, or components. Note: * The ITI is not included in Table 2 since it does not contain provisions on international transfers (other than keeping records of transfers).
  • 4. the international community a step backwards with respect to certain other norms, including the duration of record-keeping, a crucial element in efforts to trace illicit small arms. What this will mean in practice is unclear. All UN member states have undertaken to fulfil the PoA commit- ments, including those covering inter- national transfers, and, at this writing, 98 states were parties to the Firearms Protocol. How states that sign and ratify the ATT choose to implement some of its recommendations—as opposed to obligations—in light of existing, firmer commitments they may have under the PoA, the ITI, and Firearms Protocol remains to be seen. But given that the ATT, once in force, will be legally binding and that it was agreed subsequent to the other instru- ments, states may perceive its overlap- ping provisions as taking precedence over the earlier instruments. Wherever ATT provisions are weaker than their Firearms Protocol, PoA, or ITI equiva- lents, the discrepancies could lead to an erosion of existing commitments, or of their relevance, and a lowering of emerging benchmarks for small arms control. Conclusion In many instances the ATT comple- ments and bolsters existing small arms instruments, but it cannot and should not be viewed as replacing these instru- ments in their entirety. International transfer controls are but one aspect of the Firearms Protocol and PoA amid a broad range of arms control measures. And for many UN member states, including ones that fought to ensure small arms and light weapons would be included in the ATT, small arms- related problems have less to do with inadequate international transfer con- trols and more to do with controlling small arms already within their territo- ries. If states mistakenly perceive the ATT as replacing existing instruments or somehow rendering them redun- dant, their willingness to fulfil the commitments in these other instru- ments may suffer and states may turn their efforts to implementing the ATT rather than existing instruments. States should be careful not to ignore or overlook national priorities that may lie elsewhere—such as addressing leak- age from state stockpiles or improving marking and record-keeping practices— in the name of ATT compliance. Notes 1 At this writing, the ATT had opened for signature on 3 June 2013 and was to come into force once 50 states had ratified it. 2 Figure 1 offers only a general idea of the coverage of the different instruments and their relationships. For details, see Table 2. 3 States may also have agreed to brokering commitments under regional instruments. 4 Although states are only encouraged to keep records of imports, they are required to submit annual reports on authorized or actual imports (UNGA, 2013, art. 13.3). It is difficult to see how states could submit such reports without keeping records. 5 Though states parties to the Firearms Protocol are already legally bound to regulate small arms exports. References McDonald, Glenn. 2005. ‘Locking onto Target: Light Weapons Control Measures.’ In Small Arms Survey. Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 123–41. UNGA (United Nations General Assembly). 2001a. Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (‘PoA’). A/CONF.192/15 of 20 July. July. <http://www.poa-iss.org/ poa/poahtml.aspx> ––. 2001b. Protocol against the Illicit Manufac- turing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, Supplementing the United Nations Con- vention against Transnational Organized Crime (‘Firearms Protocol’). A/RES/55/255 of 8 June. <http://www.unodc.org/ documents/treaties/UNTOC/Publications/ TOC%20Convention/TOCebook-e.pdf> —. 2005. International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (‘ITI’). A/60/88 of 27 June (annexe). <http://www.poa-iss. org/InternationalTracing/International Tracing.aspx> —. 2013. Arms Trade Treaty (‘ATT’). A/RES/ 67/234B of 2 April 2013. <http://treaties. un.org/doc/Treaties/2013/04/20130410% 2012-01%20PM/Ch_XXVI_08.pdf#page=21> For additional information about interna- tional measures, please visit www.small armssurvey.org/?international.html. 4 Small Arms Survey Research Notes • Number 30 • June 2013 About the Small Arms Survey The Small Arms Survey serves as the principal international source of public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence, and as a resource centre for governments, policy-makers, researchers, and activists. In addition to Research Notes, the Survey distributes its findings through Occasional Papers, Spe- cial Reports, Working Papers, Issue Briefs, a Book series, and its annual flagship publication, the Small Arms Survey. 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