This learning unit aims to enhance understanding of the illicit proliferation of SALW, policy instruments for controlling illicit SALW proliferation and the key challenges that hinder effective policy implementation.

In this learning unit

• you will be introduced to the rationale behind arms and dual-use export controls, and to what these controls cover.
• you will be introduced to the scope, actors and main elements of a national export control system.
• you will be introduced to the multilateral instruments which provide standards for export controls, and how these have developed over time.
• you will learn about the arms and dual-use export control instruments developed by and through the European Union (EU).
• you will learn how arms and dual-use export controls are implemented at the national level.
• you will learn about the current challenges associated with the implementation of arms and dual-use export controls, and how these challenges are being addressed.