Other weapons

Drone warfare

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/opinion/unmanned-aircraft-offer-warfare-with-few...

Link Added 15/05/2013

An article by political scientist and MAPW member David Stephens examining the political, ethical and military ramifications of the use of unmanned aircraft. Dr Stephens believes that the use of such technology should be widely debated.

Establishing an Arms Trade Treaty: MAPW, 2013

Written 07/03/2013

The Strange Difficulty of Establishing an Arms Trade Treaty: a paper written by psychiatrist Dr Peter Wigg in early 2013 discussing the international weapons trade in the light of his recent experiences caring for victims of war in the Middle East, and describing negotiations at the UN to establish the first ever international treaty controlling the trade in arms.

Establishing an Arms Trade Treaty.pdf

Covert drone war

http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/category/projects/drones/

Link Added 06/03/2013

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is an independent not-for-profit organisation based in the UK. The covert drone war is a focus of one of their investigations.

The journal of ERW and mine action

http://maic.jmu.edu/journal/about.html

Link Added 18/12/2012

A journal produced by CISR (Centre for International Stabilization and Recovery) and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Political-Military Bureau, Department of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) and the U.S. Army Humanitarian Demining Program.

Syria's chemical weapons: IPPNW statement of concern

Written 10/12/2012

IPPNWⁱ Executive is alarmed by reports that the Syrian government may be preparing to use sarin agents or other chemical weapons. Such an act would be a war crime. (MAPW is the Australian affiliate of the global IPPNWⁱ.)

IPPNWⁱ's statement of concern follows recent reports that suggest that the Syrian government may be preparing chemical weapons.

Australia's trade in arms: MAPW paper 6, Michelle Fahy, October 2012 (printer version)

Written 27/11/2012

No 6 in MAPW's War and Militarism series, this paper, written by researcher and writer Michelle Fahy, looks at Australia's arms export industry, the lack of transparency and information on this significant trade, and the need for international regulation.

MAPW_war&_milit_series6_print_fin.pdf

Australia's trade in arms: MAPW paper 6, Michelle Fahy, October 2012 (printer version)

Written 14/11/2012

mapw_militarism6_arms-trade_web.pdf

Arms Trade: Obama urged to ensure human rights protections

Written 14/11/2012

When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visit Perth today, Amnesty International and a coalition of NGOs, including supporters of Oxfam, Act for Peace, ActionAid and Medical Association for Prevention of War, will stage an event calling on the new Obama administration to work to ensure the highest possible human rights standards and protections are embed

Arms transfer decisions and international humanitarian law

Written 23/10/2012

This ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) document, Arms transfer decisions: applying international humanitarian law criteria, is a useful summary of the principles of international humanitarian law (the "set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict") and relevant treaties, such as the Geneva Convention.

arms transfer decisions.pdf

The world is over-armed

Written 29/08/2012

In this op-ed article the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon states that "massive military spending and new investments in modernizing nuclear weapons have left the world over-armed .... and peace under-funded".

disarmament-oped-august2012.pdf