AOAV's investigation reveals how the NRA helped spread the slogan “Guns don’t kill people; people do” across the world, using political lobbying and rhetoric to shift blame from firearms to individuals and undermine evidence-based gun control.
This report employs a combination of forensic and open-source analysis to trace the weapons, manufacturers and supply chains involved in Israel's military campaign in Gaza (October 2023 - September 2025), arguing that civilian harm in the strip was the foreseeable consequence of deploying explosive weapons at scale in densely populated urban areas.
AOAV's review of unsolved murders in London over the past decade found that cases are far more likely to remain unresolved when the victim is a young Black man or when the killing involves a firearm, raising questions about trust in policing, witness cooperation and unequal access to justice.
AOAV analysis finds a stark ideological divide in British media coverage of the Afghanistan Inquiry, with right-wing outlets far more likely to portray scrutiny of alleged SAS killings as a witch hunt, lawfare or a threat to national security.
Action on Armed Violence analysis found that CEOs of the UK's largest defence companies earned an average of £5.2 million in 2024, with executive pay rising by £1.53 million on average over the past decade and far outpacing both median UK earnings and wider FTSE 100 remuneration levels amid growing military spending.
UK imports of Israeli arms and military equipment increased by 10,589% between 2023 and 2025, according to UN trade data, prompting renewed scrutiny of Britain's defence ties with Israel and the growing international market for technologies critics say have been developed and tested in the context of the occupation of Palestinian territories.
Drawing on Lebanese government, UN, and humanitarian data, this report analyses the human consequences of Israels attacks on Lebanon from October 2023 to June 2026, documenting escalating civilian harm, mass displacement, repeated attacks on health infrastructure, and persistent uncertainty regarding combatant casualty claims.
Two child-made paper aeroplanes folded from the British and American flags rest side by side on a school desk, suggesting a shared journey whose consequences lie beyond the innocence of the gesture.
Here AOAV finds that UK media outlets frequently present retired senior military figures as independent defence experts without disclosing their commercial ties to defence, security, intelligence, and technology industries, potentially obscuring conflicts of interest in public debates over war and military spending.
In 2025, AOAV recorded 49,814 deaths and injuries as a result of the use of explosive weapons around the world, the second-highest levels recorded since 2010. With 45,362 civilians among these casualties – 91% of all those reported killed or wounded by explosive weapons globally – 2025 was the second most injurious year for civilians since the EVMP began. 39% (17,614) of these civilians were reported killed.
A practical guide to how journalists and lawyers can work together to document atrocities, preserve evidence and turn reporting into material that can support accountability in court.
Here AOAV examines how Britain’s historic and contemporary military involvement, arms exports and strategic alliances across the Middle East have linked the UK, directly or indirectly, to conflicts and alleged human-rights violations across the region.