The PILP, in cooperation with Stop Wapenhandel [Stop Arms Trade], has requested several parties to conduct research concerning the judicial possibilities to prevent arms exports to notorious and human rights violating countries. The PILPG and students from Leiden University, the University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, and the University of Groningen …
Call For Student Researchers to Conduct Legal Research Regarding Arms Trade
The Netherlands are the 9th biggest arms exporter in the world. The Netherlands issues arms export licenses worth around 1 billion euro’s annually, some destined for conflict areas or areas with a problematic human rights situation. As such, weapons have been exported from the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Pakistan in the past. Every …