Resources tagged 'Small Arms and Light Weapons Controls'

IANSA’s pilot project “Building Civil Society Dialogues with Governments to Promote National PoA Priorities” presented an opportunity for states and civil society to work together to deter proliferation and promote better regulation of small arms, consistent with the state’s relevant international and regional agreements. Twelve IANSA members spread across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and […]

This briefing paper considers links between controlling civilian possession of small arms at the national level and possible implications for global efforts to control the trade in small arms and light weapons (SALW). National-level controls on small arms have a strong effect on the viability of controls at regional and global levels. Allowing small arms […]

Globally, in 2018, 610 victims were killed every day (223,000/year) because of violence committed with firearms in conflict and non-conflict contexts. It is estimated that 85% of the one billion firearms in global circulation as of 2017 are in civilian hands (857 million) a significant increase compared to 2006, when civilian holdings were estimated at […]

It is crucial that controls on small arms and light weapons (SALW) are considered as an important part of measures to address armed violence and conflict. The purpose of this briefing paper is firstly to look at the connection between SALW availability and violence, and the ways that SALW proliferate around the world. The paper […]

The effective and efficient management of weapon and ammunition stockpiles is an essential element of any national small arms and light weapons control system. The Small Arms Survey estimates that, as of 2017, there were 133 million firearms in military arsenals, and 23 million are owned by law enforcement agencies. However, the vast majority of […]

The proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) is a global problem that prolongs conflicts, facilitates violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and puts civilians at high risk of death or injury from weapons-related violence. Marking and tracing SALW and ammunition is key to addressing this proliferation. Most illicit small […]

The UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA) is the key globally agreed and politically binding framework to counter the negative consequences of small arms and light weapons (SALW). The glaring gap in the PoA text is the absence […]

In preparation for BMS7, the IANSA has chosen to focus its analysis and advocacy on five key issues: 1. The need to include ammunition in the PoA; 2. Implementing and building on the gender outcomes agreed during the 2018 PoA Review Conference (RevCon3); 3. Preventing and combatting diversion (a stated focus area of BMS7); 4. […]

This report documents certain failures in some countries across world regions to properly dispose of and destroy excess small arms and light weapons (SALW), and their ammunition. It illustrates the different ways that excessive, poorly secured, weapons, especially firearms and ammunition, leak out into the hands of abusers and to those unauthorised to trade and […]

3D printing has since sparked innovation in the architectural, industrial design and biotechnology industries. Now, it has developed in areas that were previously thought to be only possible in realms of science fiction, such as the creation of low-cost prosthetic limbs for children in war-torn countries. While other technologies from the same era, such as […]