Campaigners hailed a huge victory as after more than a decade of campaigning, the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty today becomes international law at last...The treaty aims to set the highest standards for controlling the $85 billion international trade of arms and ammunition and to cut the supply of weapons to all dictators and human rights abusers... Oxfam spokesperson Mariam Kemple Hardy [said] “The ATT will transform the global arms business...It will no longer be acceptable to look the other way when arms are transferred to regimes that will use them to harm innocent people and violate their human rights.” Under...the ATT, before any arms transfer takes place, the supplier government must assess associated risks of the deal against strict criteria, including whether the arms might be used for human rights violations or war crimes.