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13.02.2012
New publication
Small Arms Transfer Control Measures and the Arms Trade Treaty: A Small Arms Survey Review (2007–10)
31.01.2012
New Research Note
Regulating Armed Groups from Within
12.01.2012
New Issue Brief
Ammunition Marking: Current Practices and Future Possibilities
10.01.2012
Updated Research Note
Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites
15.12.2011
New Special Report
Significant Surpluses: Weapons and Ammunition Stockpiles in South-east Europe
15.11.2011
Armed insurgencies in Greater Upper Nile: new Sudan HSBA Issue Brief
Analysis of the roots of post-election armed insurgencies.
10.11.2011
New Weapons & Markets Research Note
Small Arms Transfers: Importing States
01.11.2011
Armed Violence in Liberia: two new Issue Briefs
A Legacy of War? and Reading between the Lines
31.10.2011
New from the Geneva Declaration: Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011: Lethal Encounters
Nine out of ten violent deaths occur outside conflicts24.10.2011
New Weapons & Markets Research Note
Small Arms Transfers: Exporting States
07.10.2011
New Measures & Programmes Research Note
The PoA: Review of National Reports
20.09.2011
New India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Briefs
India's States of Armed Violence and Mapping Murder
12.09.2011
New Armed Actors Research Note
Estimating Civilian Owned Firearms
06.09.2011
New publication from the Geneva Declaration
Contributing Evidence to Programming: Armed Violence Monitoring Systems
23.08.2011
Indian Armed Violence Assessment (IAVA) new website
We are happy to announce the launch of the new IAVA website.
09.08.2011
Small Arms Survey 2010: Des gangs, des groupes et des armes en français.
Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer que l’annuaire Small Arms Survey 2010: Des gangs, des groupes et des armes est désormais disponible en français.
03.08.2011
Announcement: New Research Director
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Alvazzi del Frate as Research Director.
31.07.2011
NEW: Research Note 8: Less-lethal Weapons
Although designed to temporarily incapacitate targets, these weapons can, however, inflict serious, even lethal, injuries.
01.08.2011
Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites
During the first seven months of 2011 the average of number of explosions has increased to more than three per month.
26.07.2011
Regulations on Civilian Ownership of Firearms
In all countries surveyed but two, civilian possession is a privilege, not a right.
18.07.2011
PHOTO ESSAY South Sudan: Before the Secession
06.07.2011
NEW: Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security
27.06.2011
NEW: A Deadly Cycle: Ethno-Religious Conflict in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria – Executive Summary
A forthcoming Geneva Declaration Working Paper by Jana Krause looks at the root causes of the ongoing conflict in Jos, Nigeria.
17.06.2011
NEW: Research Note 7: Anti-Materiel Rifles
Designed to engage targets at distances well beyond a kilometre, anti-materiel rifles are also used for anti-personnel purposes.
10.06.2011
New from the Geneva Declaration — Tackling Violence against Women: From Knowledge to Practical Initiatives
25.05.2011
NEW: Sudan HSBA Issue Brief 17: Rethinking DDR in South Sudan
The latest Issue Brief from the HSBA project reviews the serious limitations, as well as some of the modest successes, of the current DDR programme in South Sudan.
18.05.2011
NEW: Research Note 6: Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites
Unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS) cause death, injury, and extensive damage to infrastructure, often resulting in long-term economic losses.
13.05.2011
The Indian Armed Violence Assessment (IAVA): a new level of debate.
09.05.2011
New — Occasional Paper 28: Analysis of National Reports: Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and the International Tracing Instrument in 2009–10
06.05.2011
The 27th Occasional Paper from the Small Arms Survey, Safer Stockpiles: Practitioners’ Experiences with Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Assistance Programmes, examines the challenges that commonly confront PSSM practitioners.
29.04.2011
Sudan update: Recent updates from the HSBA discuss the growing Southern rebellions, the crisis in Abyei, the ongoing SPLA-Shilluk conflict in Upper Nile, and the Lord’s Resistance Army.
12.04.2011
NEW: Sudan Working Paper 25: ‘Renouncing the Rebels: Local and Regional Dimensions of Chad–Sudan Rapprochement’ by Jérôme Tubiana.
Reviews the circumstances of the recent Chad–Sudan rapprochement and the series of events that brought this six-year conflict to a close.
11.04.2011
NEW: Issue Brief 2 — Scraping the Barrel: The Trade in Surplus Ammunition
Explains the significance of the international surplus ammunition business, giving examples of surplus transfers involving Europe, the United States, Afghanistan, and Iraq; as well as presenting more detailed case studies of surplus transfers in African conflict zones.
04.04.2011
NEW: Research Note 5: Heavy Machine Guns (including anti-aircraft guns)
Heavy machine guns (HMGs) are defined as having a calibre between 12.7 mm and 20 mm. They are man-portable, but are typically mounted on vehicles or ground mounts as an anti-personnel and anti-aircraft weapon.
25.03.2011
NEW: Research Note 4: Private Security Companies’ Firearms Stockpiles
Examines private security company (PSC) firearm holdings: their scale and variation across settings.
21.03.2011
Sudan update: The latest updates from the HSBA include information and analysis on armed groups and the risk of conflict in the Three Areas, as well as on armed entities in South Kordofan.
14.03.2011
Sudan update: Recent updates from the HSBA include information and analysis on Sudanese-Chadian relations; and the decline of the Chadian rebellion.
12.03.2011
Sudan update: Recent updates from the HSBA include information and analysis on continued fighting in Abyei, and the threat posed by armed groups under the leadership of Gabriel Tang-Ginye.
04.03.2011
Sudan update: Recent updates from the HSBA include information and analysis on the Lord’s Resistance Army, the crisis in Abyei, and the Darfur peace process.
03.03.2011
NEW: Research Note 3: Craft Production of Small Arms
The third Research Note discusses hand-made, usually illicit weapons.
22.02.2011
Sudan update: Fighting between George Athor and the SPLA in South Sudan's Jonglei region.
09.02.2011
Update on the Unresolved Crisis in Abyei: The latest update from the Sudan HSBA describes developments in the unresolved crisis in Abyei; and recent activities involving the Lord's Resistance Army.
07.02.2011
NEW: Research Note 2: Mortars
The second in the new Research Note series discusses the mortar, one of the oldest forms of artillery.
07.02.2011
NEW: Surplus Arms in South America : A Survey – now available in Portuguese and Spanish
04.02.2011
'Etat D'Armes': Weapons continue killing in DRC: This award-winning photo essay, by photographer Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, illustrates how abandoned, hidden or unsafely-stored weapons and ammunition continue to kill in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
01.02.2011
Research Note 1: Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS)
The first in the new Research Note series provides a brief overview of these weapons.
28.01.2011
Updates on Darfur Armed Opposition Groups: As international attention remains focused on the Southern referendum, the Darfur conflict continues. Key recent developments include the renewed military alliances between the main armed opposition groups, who fought together in December for the first time since 2004.
26.01.2011
Small Arms Survey yearbooks 2001 – 2006 are available now for free download.
20.01.2011
Perilous Lens: Guns in an urban landscape: 2007 photo exhibition of four photographers focusing on urban guns and gun violence, in Colombia, Gaza, Guatamala, Iraq, Liberia, the Philippines, the USA, and elsewhere.
10.01.2011
Firearm Marking Technologies: In-depth analysis of current technologies and methods for marking firearms, an important an important feature of effective arms control.
16.12.2010
A short film on the forthcoming referendum in Southern Sudan, from the UN's IRIN news service, includes analysis of the situation on the ground from the Small Arms Survey's HSBA Project Manager Claire Mc Evoy.
13.12.2010
Following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, a Small Arms Survey-supported study looked at mortality, crime, violence and access to basic needs in Port-au-Prince. Published in the latest edition of the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival, this new report gives details on the research, which measures the effect of the disaster and its aftermath.
07.11.2010
The Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment Final Report brings together research and analysis produced for the Timor- Leste Armed Violence Assessment (TLAVA) over the period 2008–10.
4.11.2010
RASR Issue Brief 1:South-east European Surplus Arms: State Policies and Practices profiles the policies and procedures for managing surplus arms stockpiles put in place by the South-east European countries operating within the RASR Initiative.
2.11.2010
Occasional Paper: Confronting the Don: The Political Economy of Gang Violence in Jamaica presents an overview of gangs and guns on this small island with a high murder rate.
21.10.2010
Working Paper No. 22 from the Sudan HSBA: The Other War: Inter-Arab Conflict in Darfur discusses an ongoing phenomenon which has already claimed almost 1,000 lives in 2010, yet remains largely unexamined by the international community .
19.10.2010
Working Paper from the Geneva Declaration: Urban Violence in an Urban Village: A Case Study of Dili, Timor-Leste reviews the causes and symptoms of urban violence in Dili, focusing on the historical developments that have shaped current violence dynamics and risk factors.
18.10.2010
Issue Brief No. 2 from the Yemen Armed Violence Assessment: Under Pressure: Social violence over land and water in Yemen discusses how armed conflict over land and water is the leading cause of violent death in the country.
15.10.2010
Special Report: Small Arms Holdings in Brazil: Production, Trade, and Holdings explores the thriving Brazilian small arms industry, and the rise in armed violence in the country.
