Publications
Explore CAAT’s library of publications to learn more about and take action against the arms trade. These include reports, the CAAT News magazine, parliamentary submissions and more. You can browse all publications below, or filter by type, topic, year, and/or countries and companies covered in the contents.
Dead Letter: How the UK government’s arms export policies have eviscerated international humanitarian law
Campaign Against Arms Trade’s new report exposes how the UK arms exports system is fundamentally broken and rigged in favour of pre-determined conclusions. The report focuses on two cases - the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen from 2015-2022, and Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Both cases highlight how successive governments have taken extraordinary measures to circumvent
Reparations for Yemen – a proposal for a windfall tax on British arms companies that enabled Saudi war crimes
This report, jointly published by CAAT and the Transition Security Project, argues that Britain should pay reparations to the people of Yemen for its role in crimes committed against them by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and their coalition allies during the Yemeni civil war.
CAAT News 277 – Summer 2026
Palestine Action, arms exports to Israel, Palantir, Trump's war on Iran, The Labour Party and Andy Burnham, Universities and the arms trade, local CAAT, Scottish election, and more
CAAT News 276 – Spring 2026
Gaza ceasefire in name only; US attack on Venezuela; Spycops inquiry; UK arms in Sudan civil war; and more...
UK arms exports in 2024 – data, trends, and key issues
This report summarises key quantitative and qualitative trends in UK arms exports in 2024, and in the 5-10 year periods up to 2023, using a variety of sources of information, official and otherwise.
How the UK arms and supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The UK is deeply complicit in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza: through arms sales, RAF reconnaissance flights over Gaza, from which it is suspected intelligence is shared with Israel, training of Israeli soldiers, and other forms of military cooperation.
Arming genocide – UK arms sales to Israel, the partial export licence suspension, and the F-35 exemption
On 2 September, the UK government announced that it was suspending around 30 arms export sales to Israel, covering equipment that was due to go to the Israeli military, and that the government assessed were for use in Gaza. However, it exempted components for Israel's F-35 aircraft that are used to bomb Gaza, from the
Sheffield University: Breaching The Moral No-Fly Zone in Military-Industrial Research & Development
Case study of military research activities at Sheffield University, including partnerships with the UK military and major arms companies. Follows on from CAAT and dED_ucation's earlier report "Weaponising Universities".
Eight years of war
A briefing for supporters in the run-up to CAAT's Judicial Review hearing against arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Supporter Pack: Yemen War Anniversary Lobby Day 2022
A ‘how to’ guide for supporters ahead of CAAT’s lobby of Parliament for Yemen on 10th March 2022.
Seven Years of War
A briefing for supporters and MPs for CAAT's lobby of Parliament for Yemen on 10th March 2022
Business as Usual: how major weapons exporters arm the world’s conflicts
This report examines the arms export practices of the top 11 arms exporters worldwide in relation to countries involved in conflict. It finds that there is no evidence of conflict acting as an impediment to arms sales by any of the eleven countries.