Human Rights violations can be found in many different.
forms, but the most obvious, to experts, activists, and.
common people is in the form of force. Genocide, ethnic.
cleansing, brutal civil wars and other armed conflicts are.
just a few examples of how the use of force causes severe.
human rights violations. In Sudan, the civil war in which.
close to 2 million people may have died either from the.
fighting or from war-related famine and disease since 1983.
has been fueled by many countries that have poured weapons.
and other forms of military assistance into the Horn in.
recent years. They include, among others, China, France,.
Iran, Iraq, Russia, South Africa, Uganda, and the United.
States. Citing further examples would be redundant, and.
simply a waste of time since the outcome is always the same: .
long, violent, bitter, bloody disputes that are fueled by.
legal and illicit arms trade. Although arms may not be the.
cause of disputes worldwide, they are like adding dynomite.
to a fire, esculating conflicts to the point of unthinkable.
cruelty and destruction.
The issue of Arms Trade is a difficult subject to.
address as a whole since there are so many aspects within.
the subject that contribute to the problem as a whole. In.
addition to this, human rights campaigns tend to address.
more specific problems within the subject of arms trade in.
order to be more effective. It is for these reasons that.
myself and my four group partners decided to concentrate on.
five specific issues within the topic of arms trade. These.
issues being: military spending, the European Union and.
Code of Conduct, small arms, landmines, and child soldiers. .
All of these issues, in some form, contribute to human.
rights violations caused by arms trade. Although there are.
many more issues such as biological and chemical weapons,.
weapons of mass destruction, military training, and so on,.
time and the parameters of this project dictate our limited.
scope of discussion to five sub-topics.