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Amnesty International report: "EU arms exports threatening global security"

01 May 2004

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AI Report (pdf) and press release (link). See also appendix on Ireland: "Claws of the Celtic Tiger: Irish manufacture of military and security equipment and 'dual-use' security components": appendix (pdf)

"EU arms, security equipment and services are contributing to grave human rights abuses and the scale of potential abuse is now enormous. The major EU arms exporting countries - France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom - account for one third of the world's arms deals. With ten new Member States, the EU now has over 400 small arms companies in 23 countries, almost as many as the USA"

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