Armed Groups

Armed Groups and Human Security

Small Arms Survey Publications

Lombard, Louisa. 2006. "Armed Groups" in Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Bevan, James. 2005. "Violent Exchanges: The Use of Small Arms in Conflict" in Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.

Florquin, Nicolas and Eric G. Berman. 2005. "Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region".


Other Articles, Books and Journals

Clapham, Andrew. 2006. 'Human Rights Obligations of Non State Actors.' Oxford: Oxfors University Press.

Capie, David. 2004. "Armed Groups, Weapons Availability and Misuse: An Overview of the Issues and Options for Action". Background Paper for a Meeting Organized by the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, in Advance of the Sixth Meeting of the Human Security Network, Bamako, Mali, 25 May.

ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross). 2004. "Improving Compliance with International Humanitarian Law". Background Paper Prepared for the Informal High-Level Expert Meeting on Current Challenges to International Humanitarian Law. Cambridge: 25-27 June.

Weinstein, Jeremy. 2004. "Resources and the Information Problem in Rebel Recruitment". Stanford, CA: Center for Global Development and Stanford University.

Kalyvas, Stathis. 2003. "The Sociology of Civil Wars: Warfare and Armed Groups". New Haven, CT: Department of Political Science, Yale University.

The Armed Groups Project. 2003. "Curbing Human Rights Violations by Non-state Armed Groups". Conference Summary and Report. Vancouver: University of British Columbia. 13-15 November.

Ballentine, Karen and Heiko Nitzschke. 2003. "Beyond Greed and Grievance: Policy Lessons from Studies in the Political Economy of Armed Conflict". New York: International Peace Academy.

Klare, Michael. 2002. Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Policzer, Pablo. 2002. "Human Rights and Armed Groups: Toward a New Policy Architecture". Geneva: Geneva Call.

Weinstein, Jeremy. 2002. "The Structure of Rebel Organizations: Implications for Post-conflict Reconstruction". Dissemination Notes No. 4. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, Social Development Department.

Byman, Daniel, et al. 2001. Trends in Outside Support for Insurgent Movements. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Collier, Paul and Anke Hoeffler. 2001. "Greed and Grievance in Civil War". Washington: World Bank.

Bruderlein, Claude. 2000. "The Role of Non-state Actors in Building Human Security". Paper Prepared for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

ICHRP (International Council on Human Rights Policy). 2000. "Ends and Means: Human Rights Approaches to Armed Groups". Versoix, Switzerland: ICHRP.

Clapham, Christopher. (Ed.) 1998. African Guerrillas. Oxford: James Currey.


Further Resources

The Armed Groups Project
Center for Humanitarian Dialogue
Children in Organised Armed Violence
Geneva Call
SIPRI, Non-state Actors in Conflict Project
World Bank, Economics of Conflict Project
Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR): Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups: Legal and Policy Responses
 
 
 

Case Studies

Small Arms Survey Publications

Aguirre, Katherine, Robert Muggah, and Jorge A. Restrepo. 2006. "Colombia's Hydra: The Many Faces of Gun Violence" in Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Wille, Christina. 2006. How Many Weapons Are There in Cambodia?

Bevan, James. 2006. "Fuelling Fear: The Lord's Resistance Army and Small Arms" in Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business.

Berman, Eric G. 2005. "The Central African Republic: A Case Study of Small Arms in Conflict" in Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War.

Florquin, Nicolas and Eric G. Berman. 2005. "Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region".

Muggah, Robert. 2005. "Securing Haiti's Transition: Reviewing Human Insecurity and the Prospects for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Disarmament" . Occasional Paper 14.

Torjesen, Stina, Christina Wille, and S. Neil MacFarlane. 2005. "Tajikistan's Road to Stability: Reduction in Small Arms Proliferation and Remaining Challenges". Occasional Paper 17.

Demetriou, Spyros, Robert Muggah, and Ian Biddle. 2002. "Small Arms Availability, Trade and Impacts in the Republic of Congo". Special Report 2. Geneva: Small Arms Survey. April.

Berman, Eric G. 2000. "Re-armament in Sierra Leone: One Year After the Lomé Peace Agreement". Occasional Paper No.1.


Other Articles, Books and Journals

Geneva Call. 2007. 'Armed Non State Actors and Landmines: Towards a Hollistic Approach to Armed Non State Actors?' Geneva: Geneva Call.

Bilali, Charles Nasibu. 2005. "La Persistance du traffic d'armes de Tanzanie vers la RDC et le Burundi". GRIP (Groupe de Recherche et d'Information sur la Paix et la Sécurité).

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2005. "Youth, Poverty and Blood: The Lethal Legacy of West Africa's Regional Warriors". Vol.17, No.5(A).

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2005. "Country on a Precipice: The Precarious State of Human Rights and Civilian Protection in Côte d'Ivoire". Vol. 17, No. 6(A).

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2005. "Rest in Pieces: Police Torture and Deaths in Custody in Nigeria". Vol.17, No.11(A).

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2005. "Smoke and Mirrors: Colombia's Demobilization of Paramilitary Groups". Vol.17, No.3.

Evans, Martin. 2004. "Sénégal: Mouvement des forces démocratiques de la Casamance (MFD)". Armed Non-State Actors Project. AFB BP 04/02. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Global Witness. 2004. "Liberia: Back to the Future". Washington: Global Witness.

Brabazon, James. 2003. Liberia: Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD). Armed Non-State Actors Project. AFB BP 04/02. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Dowdney, Luke. 2003. "Children of the Drug Trade: A Case Study of Children in Organized Armed Violence in Rio de Janeiro". Rio de Janeiro: 7 Letras.

Global Witness. 2003. "The Usual Suspects: Liberia's Weapons and Mercenaries in Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone". London: Global Witness.

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2003. "Weapons Sanctions, Military Supplies, and Human Suffering: Illegal Arms Flows to Liberia and the June-July 2003 Shelling of Monrovia". Briefing Paper.

Humphreys, Macartan and Habaye ag Mohamed. 2003. "Senegal and Mali". Paper Presented at the World Bank/PRIO Civil Conflict Workshop, Oslo, June 2001.

Hauswedell, Corinna and Kris Brown. 2002. "Burying the Hatchet: The Decommissioning of Paramilitary Arms in Northern Ireland". Brief 22. Bonn: Bonn International Center for Conversion.


Further Resources

Amnesty International
Chatham House Armed Non-state Actors Project
Conciliation Resources
Global Witness
Human Rights Watch
International Crisis Group