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Firing blanks? The Arms Trade Treaty [PDF]
This paper assesses key provisions of the ATT by first back-grounding its origins and contested formulation before assessing its transfer, prohibition and national control provisions, Introduction The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was adopted by vote at the ...
Roderic Alley
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"All’s Well That Ends Well" or "Much Ado About Nothing"?: A Commentary on the Arms Trade Treaty
To date no international treaty comprehensively regulates the international trade in conventional arms. In 2012 and 2013, two conferences were convened under the auspices of the United Nations to adopt an ‘Arms Trade Treaty’ putting an end to this state
Marlitt Brandes
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Global Arms Trade and Oil Dependence* [PDF]
We investigate how oil dependence affects the trade of weapons between countries. We argue that oil-dependent economies have incentives to transfer arms to oil-rich countries to reduce their risk of instability and, as a result, the chances of disruption in the oil industry.
Bove, Vincenzo +2 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas +6 more
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Up in Arms: Controlling the international trade in small arms [PDF]
The UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons should be a launch pad for future detailed work on measures to control the trade in small arms.
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The paper analyses the international debate that concerns the efforts to create an effective control framework for the illicit arms trade and its impact on global peace and international security.
Michal Mochťák
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While no business leaders have yet been charged before the International Criminal Court (ICC), such future proceedings will typically be conducted with reference to the accessorial mode of liability of aiding and abetting, under Article 25(3)(c) of the ...
Caspar Plomp
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An All‐Textile, Mechano‐Capacitive Subtle Movement Sensor
A robust all‐textile capacitive sensor is introduced for measuring subtle body movements without long‐term degradation. By separating mechanical deformation from electrical sensing elements, accuracy, responsiveness, and durability are improved. Simple fabrication methods are presented, electrode effects are analyzed, and performance is validated ...
Easa AliAbbasi +4 more
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Stochastically Generated Digital Twins of 3D Solid‐State Electrolyte Architecture
A stochastic model and validation suite were developed to produce the highest fidelity computer‐generated (Digital Twin) microstructures of random porous tape‐cast solid‐state battery architectures across µm to mm feature sizes from FIB‐SEM to X‐Ray µCT, respectively.
Jonathan O'Neill +9 more
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Power and Change: The Arms Trade Treaty [PDF]
In October 2003, Oxfam, together with Amnesty International, the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and many other organizations across the world launched the Control Arms campaign. The aim of the campaign was to reduce armed violence and
Green, Duncan, Macdonald, Anna
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