Mainstreaming Gender in EU Arms Export Controls

Abstract

With the third review of the EU Common Position on Exports of Military Technology and Equipment (EU Common Position) well underway, there is a critical opportunity to align this document with international instruments that incorporate gender considerations in the arms trade. In light of this, the post examines the increasing integration of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) within arms trade legal frameworks and calls for the EU Common Position to explicitly reference gender beyond its already present human rights considerations.

Keywords

• arms control
• ATT
• EU
• Exports of Military Technology and Equipment
• Gender
• Gender-Based Violance