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14.05.2013
Country Focus: Nepal
Four new Nepal Armed Violence Assessment publications launched in Kathmandu.Read more
19.04.2013
Making a Mark: Reporting on Firearms Marking in the RECSA Region
New Special Report
18.04.2013
The Weapons and Ammunition of Rebel Forces in Northern Mali
New Armed Actors co-publication.Read more
05.04.2013
Demobilization in the DRC
New Armed Actors Issue Brief.
Read more
03.04.2013
Global Focus: the Arms Trade Treaty
Small Arms Survey analysis and research of the ATT process.Read more
03.04.2013
Conflict dynamics in South Kordofan
New HSBA Working PaperRead more
02.04.2013
Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites
Updated web pages
28.03.2013
Armed Violence Monitoring Systems
New Armed Violence Research Note
01.03.2013
Country Focus Kenya
Kenya Police Reserves, election violence, and more.Read more
28.02.2013
Accessories for Small Arms and Light Weapons
New Weapons and Markets Research NoteRead more
15.02.2013
Small Arms Survey Podcast #2
Setting the scene for cooperation
Read more
08.02.2013
The US Firearms Industry: Production and Supply
New Working Paper
01.02.2013
New RASR Issue Brief
Dynamic Disposal: An Introduction to Mobile and Transportable Industrial Ammunition Demilitarization Equipment
Read more
31.01.2013
Small Arms Survey Podcast #1
Looking back, moving forward
Read more
24.01.2013
Military Assault Rifles
New Weapons and Markets Research NoteRead more
24.12.2012
Estimating law enforcement firearms
New Armed Actors Research Note
21.12.2012
Political Conflict and Vulnerabilities: Firearms and electoral violence in Kenya
New Armed Violence Issue Brief from the Small Arms Survey
18.12.2012
Battering, Rape, and Lethal Violence: A Baseline of Information on Physical Threats against Women in Nairobi
New Working Paper from the Small Arms Survey
4.12.2012
Urban Armed Violence
New Research Note from the Small Arms Survey and the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.
30.11.2012
Costs and Consequences: Unplanned Explosions and Demilitarization in South-east Europe
New Special Report from the Small Arms Survey and the Regional Approach to Stockpile reduction
20.11.2012
Tracking homicides using vita registration data
New Armed Violence and Development Issue Brief
9.11.2012
Twenty-five years of unplanned explosions at munitions sites
Website update
8.11.2012
Internal Control: Codes of Conduct within Insurgent Armed Groups
New Occasional Paper on armed actors
31.10.2012
My Neighbour, My Enemy: Inter-tribal Violence in Jonglei
New HSBA for Sudan and South Sudan Issue Brief
16.10.2012
Pistols and Revolvers
New Research Note
12.10.2012
After the Fall: Libya's Evolving Armed Groups
New Small Arms Survey Working Paper
5.10.2012
Regional Organizations and the PoA
New research note gives overview of the handbook
4.10.2012
Armed groups' holdings of guided light weapons
New online resource details MANPADS and ATGWs held by non-state armed groups.
18.9.2012
Peace without Security: Violence against Women and Girls in Liberia
New Issue Brief from the Small Arms Survey & Norwegian Refugee Council
18.9.201
Business as Usual: Arms flows to Darfur 2009–12
New HSBA for Sudan and South Sudan Issue Brief
17.9.2012
Security Provision and Small Arms in Karamoja
New Special Report from the Small Arms Survey & DDG
5.9.2012
New Occasional Paper assesses progress in implementing the UN Programme of Action on small arms
Read more29.8.2012
Two new Handbooks illuminate the UN small arms process
Read more27.8.2012
Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets
Read more24.8.2012
Assessing Transparency in Small Arms Exports: The Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer
New Research NoteRead more23.8.2012
2012 and Beyond: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process
New Briefing PaperRead more15.8.2012
What costs USD 8.5 billion and goes BANG?
Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets, to be launched on 27 AugustRead more7.8.2012
A Heavy Hand: The Use of Force by India’s Police
New Issue Brief from the India Armed Violence AssessmentRead more30.7.2012
Reducing Armed Violence, Enabling Development
New Armed Violence Research Note
19.7.2012
Visions of Hope
Geneva Declaration and UNDP outdor exhibition in Geneva.
9.7.2012
'Forgotten' Darfur conflict
New HSBA Working Paper
6.7.2012
Armed Groups in Libya: Typology and Roles
New Armed Actors Research Note
5.7.2012
Guatamala at the Crossroads: An Overview of Violence Transformed
New report from the Geneva Declaration Secretariat
29.6.12
Work in Progress: Security Force Development in South Sudan through February 2012
New HSBA Working Paper
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20.6.12
Security and firearms proliferation in Kenya:
New Special Report
4.6.12
Armed Violence: Spotlight on Lethal Effects
New Research Note
1.6.2012
Blue Skies and Dark Clouds: Kazakhstan and Small Arms
New Occasional Paper, in English, Kazakh, and Russian.14.5.2012
Four Research Notes now available in Spanish & Catalan
Research Notes en español y catalán / en català i espanyol8.5.2012
Anti-tank Guided Weapons
New Research Note.8.5.2012
Côte d'Ivoire
New Special Report on arms control and armed violence prevention.2.5.2012
Sudan HSBA
Announcing the new Project Coordinator Jonah Leff.
24.4.2012
Demilitarization
Two new reports from the Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR).
19.4.2012
Femicide: A Global Problem
23 April: Side event at the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
4.4.2012
Arms flows and holdings in South Sudan: new Sudan HSBA Issue Brief
A review of arms held by both state and non-state armed forces as of early 2012s.
19.03.2012
New publications
Two new Issue Briefs, one new Research Note, one updated Research Note for the PoA PrepCom
16.03.2012
Updated resource
Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites (UEMS)
06.03.2012
New Working Paper
In Transit: Gangs and Criminal Networks in Guyana
29.02.2012
New Research Note
Femicide: A Global Issue
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.
