Home

Week of Action Against Gun Violence 2011 - Burundi - Poster

New Resources

IANSA UN Bulletin - April 2012

This special edition of the IANSA UN Bulletin features summaries from sessions and side events during the Fourth session of the ATT Preparatory Committee (13-17 February 2012) and the Preparatory Committee for the Second PoA Review Conference (19-23 March 2012).

NGO Presentations at the PoA PrepCom, 21 March 2012

Representatives of civil society spoke in the afternoon plenary session of the preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the 2012 Review Conference (RevCon) on 21 March 2012.

What should the UN Programme of Action PrepCom 2012 Achieve?

The purpose of the PrepCom is to lay the groundwork for the RevCon, 27 August – 7 September 2012. The PrepCom is expected to produce a draft agenda for the RevCon i.e. which solutions to the problem of gun violence are open for discussion.

PoA PrepCom 2012: Mainstreaming gender in the UN PoA

This policy brief was developed by the IANSA Women's Network for the UN PoA Preparatory Committee (PoA PrepCom), 19-23 March 2012.

Summaries from the Arms Trade Treaty Preparatory Committee 13-17 February 2012

This week, UN member states are gathering in New York for the fourth session of preparatory committee (PrepCom) meetings on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

News from gunpolicy.org

Black Market Handguns Advertised Openly in Remote Regions of China
Black market explosives and pistols are advertised openly in the remote, mountainous Yunnan county...
Gun Violence in South Africa, a National Public Health Priority - Analysis
ANALYSIS South Africa faces numerous challenges in preventing and reducing the levels of violence...
UK Minister Calls for International Support on Arms Trade Treaty
The international arms trade has become the greatest threat to development and has to be controlled...
Man Who Began Smuggling 1,000 Guns to Egypt Arrested in Florida
Federal authorities arrested a man in Orlando this week who allegedly told an undercover agent that...
In Response to 'Shadow' Gun Registry Allegations, Alberta Says No
EDMONTON - Solicitor General Jonathan Denis says Alberta "does not and will not" have a provincial...

Latest - Campaigns and News

Mexico approves new law for the rights of victims of violence
17 May 2012

On 30 April 2012, the Mexican Lower House of Congress approved a law for the rights of victims of violence, including gun violence. Approved by the Senate, the new law will establish a national registry of victims, and victims and their families will be entitled to compensation of up to US $70,000.00, as well as legal and medical support.

IANSA members at regional seminar in Argentina
17 May 2012

On 14-15 May 2012 in Argentina, IANSA members from Latin America including Viva Rio, Instituto Latinoamericano de Seguridad y Democracia (ILSED), Red Argentina para el Desarme, and the Instituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales del Uruguay (IELSUR), participated in a seminar on arms proliferation and control in the region. The seminar, organised by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, included analysis of disarmament initiatives and programmes by civil society.

UN envoy rebukes Cambodia over shooting of protesters
17 May 2012

In Cambodia, UN special envoy Surya Subedi, has called for a halt to the increasing use of firearms against human rights activists. A series of recent shootings has highlighted an apparent increasing willingness to use force against protesters by private security guards, the military, the police and local government officials. Mr Subedi said, "I'm very much concerned by the trend - and that should be halted."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18015436

Chad: Central African Women-Only Training on women, armed violence and small arms control
17 May 2012

From 7-10 May 2012 in Chad, IANSA's Africa Programme Officer with IANSA women from WAA Cameroon led a Central Africa Regional Women-Only Training Institute on women, armed violence and small arms control. The curriculum and materials were developed by the IANSA Women's Network and the Institute was organised by the Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) with financial support from the 2nd EU Programme to Support Peace and Security Matters (PAPSII).

Israel: Newly proposed law threatens efforts to control small arms in security industry
17 May 2012

In Israel, a newly proposed ‘Security Services Law’ threatens an existing, though un-enforced, clause of the Firearms Law that restricts security guards from taking their guns home. If the proposed law were implemented it would automatically allow security guards to take their guns home whilst off-duty.