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#arms transfers

The sale, supply, or transfer of weapons and military equipment to foreign governments. Incidents involve arms transfers to states committing violations of IHL, implicating the transferring state in complicity under the Arms Trade Treaty.

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Updated July 1, 2026 Complicity in Genocide
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

US Withholds Pressure on UAE Over RSF Atrocities in El Fasher, as El Obeid Faces Same Fate

Days after warning the UN Security Council of an imminent RSF assault on El Obeid that could repeat the El Fasher mass atrocity, the Trump administration declined to sanction or formally pressure the UAE -- the RSF's alleged arms and mercenary supplier -- reportedly because of a competing $1.4 trillion UAE investment pledge. This entry documents the administration's own complicity through inaction, not the RSF's direct atrocities.

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SudanRSFgenocideUAEarms transfers
Updated March 26, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

America First Arms Transfer Strategy: Human Rights Safeguards Removed From Weapons Exports

An executive order stripped human rights safeguards from the US arms transfer framework, replacing decades of bipartisan policy with a commerce-first approach. The subsequent emergency bypass of congressional review for $23+ billion in Gulf arms sales demonstrated the immediate consequences of removing these guardrails.

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arms transfersexecutive orderhuman rightsarms salesGulf states
Updated March 25, 2026 Complicity in Genocide
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

US Arms Transfers to Israel During ICJ Genocide Proceedings

Continued US arms transfers to Israel during ICJ genocide proceedings, including emergency bypasses of Congressional review, combined with active diplomatic defense of Israel at the ICJ, raising serious questions of complicity in genocide under the Genocide Convention.

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arms transfersICJgenocideGazaIsrael