International Transfer

Controlling Air Transport: Practice, Options, and Challenges, by Silvia Cattaneo, 2010. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2010: Gangs, Groups, and Guns.

Transparency Counts: Assessing State Reporting on Small Arms Transfers, 2001-08, by Jasna Lazarevic, June 2010. Occasional Paper No. 25

Devils in Diversity: Export Controls for Military Small Arms, by Sarah Parker, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.

Two Steps Forward: UN Measures Update, by James, Bevan, Glenn McDonald, and Sarah Parker, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.  

Who’s Buying? End-user Certification, by Glenn McDonald, 2008. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience. ../fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/Special/SAS-Small-Arms-Control-Measures-and-ATT.pdf

Back to Basics: Transfer Controls in Global Perspective, by Glenn McDonald, Sahar Hassan, and Chris Stevenson, 2007. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.SAS-Small-Arms-Control-Measures-and-ATT

Big Issue, Big Problem? MANPADS, by James Bevan, 2004. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk.

Strengthening Controls: Small Arms Measures, by Glenn McDonald, 2002. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost. 

Shining a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency, by Maria Haug, Martin Langvandslien, Lora Lumpe, and Nic Marsh, co-published with NISAT, January 2002. Occasional Paper No. 4

Frey, Barbara. 2010. Obligations to Protect the Right to Life: Constructing a Rule of Transfer Regarding Small Arms and Light Weapons. In Mark Gibney and Sigrun Skogly, eds. Universal Human Rights and Extraterritorial Obligations. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp 30-54.

Amnesty International. 2008. How to Apply Human Rights Standards to Arms Transfer Decisions. London: Amnesty International. 1 October.

ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross). 2007. Arms transfer decisions: Applying international humanitarian law criteria. Geneva: ICRC. June.

Project Ploughshares. 2007. Towards Global Standards: Regional Experiences in Small Arms Transfer Controls. Edited Papers from an International Seminar. Waterloo: Project Ploughshares. 8 February.

Waltz, Susan. 2007. U.S. Small Arms Policy: Having It Both Ways. World Policy Journal. Summer, pp. 67–80.

Biting the Bullet / Small Arms Consultative Group Process. 2006. Developing International Guidelines for National Controls on SALW Transfers. London: International Alert, Saferworld, and University of Bradford. March 2006.

Biting the Bullet / Small Arms Consultative Group Process. 2006. Developing International Norms to Restrict SALW Transfers to Non-State Actors. London: International Alert, Saferworld, and University of Bradford. January 2006.

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. 2005. Missing Pieces: Directions for Reducing Gun Violence through the UN Process on Small Arms Control. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

United Kingdom. 2003. Implementing the UN Programme of Action: Strengthening Export Controls. Lancaster House Conference. Chairman's Summary. London, 14-15 January.

Crowley, Michael, Roy Isbister, and Sarah Meek. 2002. Building Comprehensive Controls on Small Arms Manufacturing, Transfer and End-Use. Biting the Bullet. Briefing 13. London and Washington, D.C.: BASIC, International Alert, and Saferworld.

Gillard, Emanuela. 2000. What's Legal? What's Illegal? In Lora Lumpe (Ed.) Running Guns: The Global Black Market in Small Arms. London: Zed Books.

Council of the European Union. 2008. Common Position defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment. 2008/944/CFSP. 8 December.

WA (Wassenaar Arrangement). 2007. Best Practices to Prevent Destabilising Transfers of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) through Air Transport.

WA (Wassenaar Arrangement). 2007. Updated Best Practice Guidelines for Exports of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW).

WA (Wassenaar Arrangement).  2007. Updated Elements for Export Controls of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS).

OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). 2006. Combating the Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons by Air. Decision No. 7/06. 15 November.

WA (Wassenaar Arrangement). 2006. Best Practice Guidelines for the Licensing of Items on the Basic List and Sensitive List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies. 

SICA (Central American Integration System). 2005. Code of Conduct of Central American States on the Transfer of Arms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Material. December. Also available in Spanish.

WA (Wassenaar Arrangement). 2005. End-user Assurances Commonly Used: Consolidated Indicative List.

OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). 2004. Standard Elements of End-User Certificates and Verification Procedures for SALW Exports. Decision No. 5/04. 17 November.

OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) Forum on Security Co-operation. 2004. OSCE Principles for Export Controls of Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems (MANPADS). Decision No. 3/04, 26 May 2004.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). 2003. Best Practice Guide on Export Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons. 19 September. FSC. GAL/4/03/Rev 1.

United Nations. A/51/42 Annex I to the Report of the Disarmament Commission Guidelines for International Arms Transfers in the Context of General Assembly Resolution 46/36 H of 6 December 1991. 22 May 1996.

Under the Spotlight: Monitoring Implementation of Small Arms Measures, by Glenn McDonald, 2004. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk.

Fruchart, Damien et al. 2007. United Nations Arms Embargoes: Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour. Uppsala and Stockholm: Uppsala University and SIPRI.

Kirkham, Elizabeth and Catherine Flew. 2003. Strengthening Embargoes and Enhancing Human Security. Biting the Bullet. Briefing 17. London: International Alert, Saferworld, and University of Bradford.

Wallensteen, Peter, Carina Staibano, and Mikael Eriksson (Eds.) 2003. Making Targeted Sanctions Effective: Guidelines for the Implementation of UN Policy Options. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University.

Vines, Alex. 2003. Monitoring UN Sanctions in Africa: The Role of Panels of Experts. In VERTIC, Verification Yearbook 2003. London.

Cortright, David and George Lopez. 2002. Sanctions and the Search for Security: Challenges to UN Action. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner.

Brzoska, Michael, ed. 2001. Design and Implementation of Arms Embargoes and Travel and Aviation-Related Sanctions: Results of the 'Bonn-Berlin Process. Bonn: BICC.

Cortright, David and George Lopez. 2000. The Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Strategies in the 1990s. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner.

Small Arms Transfer Control Measures and the Arms Trade Treaty: A Small Arms Survey Review (2007–10). 2012. Compilation of Small Arms Survey chapters.

Two Steps Forward: UN Measures Update, by James, Bevan, Glenn McDonald, and Sarah Parker, 2009. In Small Arms Survey, Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War.  

Oxfam. 2010. National Implementation of the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty: A Practical Guide.

ICRC. 2010. Aide-Mémoire for Participants to the Meeting of Experts on Legal and Political Arguments to Support Effective International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Parameters in an Arms Trade Treaty. Geneva, 27-28 April.

Saferworld. 2008. Making it work: Monitoring and verifying implementation of an Arms Trade Treaty. London: Saferworld.

Parker, Sarah. 2008. Implications of States' Views on an Arms Trade Treaty. January. Geneva: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.

Parker, Sarah. 2007. Analysis of States' Views on an Arms Trade Treaty. October. Geneva: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.

UNGA (United Nations Genera Assembly). 2009. Report of the Open-ended Working Group towards an Arms Trade Treaty: establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms. A/AC.277/2009/1 of 20 July.

UNGA (United Nations General Assembly). 2008. Report of the Group of Governmental Experts to examine the feasibility, scope and draft parameters for a comprehensive, legally binding instrument establishing common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms. A/63/334 of 26 August.