Legislators in court; fighting export permits the judicial way
When an arms company application for an export permit is turned down, the company can appeal to a court. In the Netherlands…
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Stop Wapenhandel (Stop Arms Trade) is a group of independent researchers and activists on arms trade, the arms industry and lobbying. Stop Wapenhandel advocates sustainable security, not based on military power and deterrence but on solving the causes of insecurity.
Stop Wapenhandel is part of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) and the Arms, Militarism and Climate Justice working group.
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Combat proven – Military reations between Israel and the Netherlands – english summary
Research report june 2016 – ENGLISH SUMMARY – Through arms sales and military cooperation with Israel, the Netherlands profit from Israeli knowledge…
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EU Foreign Ministers must take serious action against Saudi Arabia in view of the alarming situation in Yemen
2016-02-03, PRESS RELEASE: EU Foreign Ministers must take serious action against Saudi Arabia in view of the alarming situation in Yemen, according…
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European Parliament Joint Motion for a Resolution on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (2016/2515(RSP))
15 February 2016 – European Parliament Joint Motion for a Resolution on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (2016/2515(RSP))
To the Conference of…
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Israeli arms industry and arms export – lecture
July 2016 Stop Wapenhandel organised, together with the Students for Justice in Palestine and DocP, a lecture evening on the military relations…
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Long road to arms exports transparency, the Dutch case
Last month the Dutch Government published its annual report on arms exports. We tend to think this kind of transparency is normal…
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Migration – follow the money
[Published at openDemocracy, 30 July 2016] The EU must acknowledge its part in fuelling the drivers of migration and work to stop…
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Dutch surplus arms to Jordan
The Dutch government should reconsider its arms export policy to Jordan considering the recent scandals and developments in the region. It should…
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Press Release: Organisations dispute arms export license for Egypt in court
Amsterdam/Utrecht, 6 July 2016 – Today the Dutch Section of the International Commission of Jurists (NJCM) and the peace organisations PAX and…
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Component control
In December 2014 Dutch MP’s, Servaes (Labour) and Sjoerdsma (Liberals) published a report called: ‘Weapons and principles, ambitions for a reliable and…
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