Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment

The Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) is a multi-year research project administered by the Small Arms Survey. It has been developed in cooperation with the Canadian government, the United Nations Mission in Sudan, the United Nations Development Programme, and non-governmental organizations. Through the active generation and dissemination of timely empirical research, the project supports violence reduction initiatives, including disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programmes, incentive schemes for civilian arms collections and security sector reform, and arms control interventions across Sudan. The HSBA also offers policy-relevant guidance on redressing insecurity. The objectives of the project are the following:

• to investigate international, regional, and domestic transfers of arms;
• to assess domestic small arms stockpiles and inventories;
• to map and assess origins, motivations, and distribution of armed groups;
• to measure the scale and distribution of mortality, morbidity, and victimization; and
• to examine local security arrangements and demand for weapons.

The project publishes its findings regularly in two separate formats, Issue Briefs and Working Papers, as well as in occasional op-eds and practitioner articles. Publications are available in English and Arabic, and French in the case of research on the Central African Republic and Chad.

• Sudan Issue Briefs
• Sudan Working Papers

Please visit the HSBA website for more information on the Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment Project.