nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ec92535982e6a133 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240307s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ec92535982e6a133 doi eng 342 23 Cornelisse, Galina Author aut How Europe Dodges the International Arms Control Regime Cornelisse, Galina Verfassungsblog 2024-03-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier F-35 fighter jets are the world's most sophisticated weapon. This post argues that the legal basis for Dutch exports in the F-35 programme shows a worrying disregard for international law regulating arms exports. Dutch legislation does not require the government to carry out a detailed and prior assessment of the export of F-35 components. This is a clear breach of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). What’s more, the Netherlands is not the only European state that blatantly ignores its procedural obligations under the ATT, but countries such as Denmark and the UK have adopted a similar approach. Hence, one wonders whether dodging the ATT regime by European states in the F-35 programme is part and parcel of the negotiation package on commercial contracts with the US CC BY-SA 4.0 Arms Export Waffenhandel arms control f-35 (DE-588)4064231-8 gnd Waffenhandel Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/how-europe-dodges-the-international-arms-control-regime/ raw object