We are a small and effective team of advocacy and policy experts based primarily in the UK, with expertise in:

  1. Crafting detailed practical policies and long-term political strategies

  2. Independent research and analysis

  3. Establishing, supporting and leading civil society coalitions

  4. Creating space for stakeholders from different backgrounds to work productively together

Mission

— To reduce harm from weapons, to promote strong controls over the development and use of weapons and to reduce the perceived importance of violence as a means of securing our common future.

— To publicly scrutinise the development and use of weapons and the harm they cause and to work for the adoption of practices, policies and legal controls to prevent harm.

— To work with partners for the development and implementation of international norms that foster and reinforce this mission.

Values and principles

— We believe in pursuing non-violent solutions to problems.

— We believe that consideration and control of the tools of violence is one foundation for effective and appropriate social control of violence.

— We believe that how weapons are developed and used should be publicly and independently scrutinised, based on evidence, transparency and a diversity of social perspectives.

— We recognise the power and importance of social norms as a framework within which behaviours are understood and assessed.

— We believe policies and legal agreements can respond to humanitarian concerns and support a normative framework that reduces harm from weapons.

— We work with partners, in civil society, international organisations and states, to forge a common language, to frame problems, and shape effective solutions.

— We recognise that strong partnerships are vital to shaping new norms and ensuring that established norms continue to support the prevention and reduction of harm.

Vision

— A world with the minimum reliance on weapons.

— A world where the development, use and impact of weapons is controlled and scrutinised to ensure the greatest protection of the public, and the greatest accountability of users.

— A world where these conditions are supported through strong norms backed by an active partnership of states and civil society.

Organisational commitments

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Our team played a central and foundational role in framing the use of explosive weapons in populated areas as an urgent humanitarian problem, and in building momentum and political will to respond to this issue, with the adoption of the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas in 2022 a major milestone in this work.

Meet the people at Article 36

Meet the board at Article 36

Article 36 is incorporated in the UK as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (Company No. 07755941). Our Companies House entry, which includes our latest annual accounts, can be found here. Article 36 is overseen by a Board with backgrounds in advocacy, finance and other areas.

We are looking to expand and diversify our Board. If you are interested in applying to join Article 36's Board, please contact Richard Moyes richard@article36.org

Rosy Cave

Rosy Cave is a member of Article 36's board.

Jonathan Fell

Jonathan Fell is a founding partner of Ash Park Capital, a specialist fund management company focused on investments in the global fast-moving consumer goods industry. Prior to 2013 he worked as an equity research analyst following the tobacco and beverages sectors at the investment banks Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and, most recently, Deutsche Bank.

Richard Lloyd

Richard Lloyd is interim Chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Senior Independent Director at the Financial Conduct Authority, and a non-executive director of the Advertising Standards Authority. Richard led Which? as executive director from 2011 to 2016 and was awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to the economy and consumer rights. He was previously director of Landmine Action and has also worked as a special adviser to the Prime Minister.

Paddy Walker

Paddy Walker is managing director of the Leon Group, a fourth-generation Family Office. He co-chairs the London Committee of NGO Human Rights Watch and has a PhD in the field of autonomous weapons.

Article 36’s work has been supported by:

We have also received support from NGO partners, such as the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), PAX, and Norwegian People's Aid. Article 36's work is independent of its funders and civil society partners. Our statements and positions do not imply the agreement of those partners, nor do the positions of those partners and funders imply the agreement of Article 36.