Americas

North America Latin America

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Haiti

Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Paraguay Peru United States of America Uruguay Venezuela

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North America

Schroeder, Matthew. 2004. Small Arms, Terrorism and the OAS Firearms Convention. Occasional Paper No. 1. Washington, D.C.: Federation of American Scientists.

Insights and Mysteries: Global Small Arms Transfers. Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied (pp. 105-108).

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization. 2003. Impact of Violence on the Health of the Populations in the Americas. 132nd Session of the Executive Committee, CE 132/22 (Eng). Washington DC: PAHO. June.

Red Flags and Buicks: Global Firearms Stockpiles. Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost (pp. 83-86).

Tackling the Small Arms Problem: Multilateral Measures and Initiatives. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 252-258).

Crime, Conflict, Corruption: Global Illicit Small Arms Transfers. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 184-191).

Small Arms, Big Business: Products and Producers. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 25-30).

Latin America

Schroeder, Matthew. 2007. ‘MANPADS Proliferation in Latin America: an analysis of the threat and the regional response.' En la mira . 4 December.

An Uphill Battle: Understanding Small Arms Transfers. Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business (pp. 83-87).

2006. The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and Central American Existing Law. Arias Foundation.

The Instrument Matters: Assessing the Costs of Small Arms Violence. Small Arms Survey 2006: Unfinished Business (pp. 202-207).

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). 2006. Youth Gangs in Central America: Issues in Human Rights, Effective Policing, and Prevention. A WOLA Special Report. Washington DC: WOLA. November.

Sourcing the Tools of War: Small Arms Supplies to Conflict Zones. Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War (pp. 160-165).

2005. The Face of Urban Violence in Central America. Arias Foundation.

From Chaos to Coherence? Global Firearms Stockpiles. Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk (pp. 50-54).

Continuity and Change: Products and Producers. Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk (pp. 16-26).

Schroeder, Matthew. 2004. Small Arms, Terrorism and the OAS Firearms Convention. Occasional Paper No. 1. Washington, D.C.: Federation of American Scientists.

Insights and Mysteries: Global Small Arms Transfers. Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied (pp. 114-117).

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Tackling the Small Arms Problem: Multilateral Measures and Initiatives. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 252-258).

Crime, Conflict, Corruption: Global Illicit Small Arms Transfers. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 184-191).

Small Arms, Big Business: Products and Producers. Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem (pp. 25-30).

Moser, Caroline and Bernice van Bronkhorst. 1999. Youth Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Costs, Causes, and Interventions. LCR Sustainable Development Working Paper No. 3, Urban Peace Program Series. Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Sector Management Unit of the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office of The World Bank.

Argentina

Dreyfus, Pablo and Antônio Rangel Bandeira. 2006. Watching the Neighborhood: An Assessment of Small Arms and Ammunition "Grey Transactions" on the Borders between Brazil and Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. Working Document no. 2, Small Arms Control Project. Rio de Janeiro: Viva Rio.

Dreyfus, Pablo, William Godnick, et al. 2003. Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR. Latin America series, no. 3 (English version). Rio de Janeiro and London: International Alert, Viva Rio.

Bolivia

Dreyfus, Pablo and Antônio Rangel Bandeira. 2006. Watching the Neighborhood: An Assessment of Small Arms and Ammunition "Grey Transactions" on the Borders between Brazil and Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. Working document no. 2, Small Arms Control project. Rio de Janeiro: Viva Rio.

Dreyfus, Pablo, William Godnick, et al. 2003. Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR. Latin America series, no. 3 (English version). Rio de Janeiro and London: International Alert, Viva Rio.

Brazil

Dreyfus, Pablo and Julio Cesar Purcena. 2007. Brasil e Mexico: onde estao as balas? Comunidade segura. 4 December.

Dreyfus, Pablo. 2006. Crime and Ammunition Procurement: The Case of Brazil. Targeting Ammunition: A Primer. pp. 172-203.

Dreyfus, Pablo and Antônio Rangel Bandeira. 2006. Watching the Neighborhood: An Assessment of Small Arms and Ammunition "Grey Transactions" on the Borders between Brazil and Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. Working document no. 2, Small Arms Control project. Rio de Janeiro: Viva Rio.

Dreyfus, Pablo, Nic Marsh and Marcelo de Sousa Nascimento. 2006. Tracking the guns: International diversion of small arms to illicit markets in Rio de Janeiro. Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers.

ISER. 2006. From Yes to No: The Referendum on Gun Prohibition in Brazil. ISER Communication No. 62. Rio de Janeiro: ISER.

Briceno-Leon, Roberto. 2005. Urban Violence and public health in Latin America : a sociological explanatory framework. Cad. Saude Publica: Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Vol. 21, No. 6. November-December, pp. 1629-1664.

Galeria, Jessica and Luciano Phebo. 2006. ‘Using Public Health Information To Inform, Build Support And Implement Policies For Gun Violence Prevention: A Case Study From The Gun Ban Referendum'. African Security Review . Vol. 15, No. 2. Institute for Secuity Studies.

Kirsten, Adele and Lydia Richardson. 2005. Armed Violence and Poverty in Brazil. Centre for International Cooperation and Security, University of Bradford.

Maria Fernanda Tourinho Peres. 2004. Firearm-related Violence in Brazil - Violência por armas de fogo no Brasil. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.
Summary report also available (in English).

Dreyfus, Pablo, William Godnick, et al. 2003. Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR. Latin America series, no. 3 (English version). Rio de Janeiro and London: International Alert, Viva Rio.

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.

Cardia, Nancy. 2000. Urban Violence in Sao Paolo. Comparative Urban Studies Project Occasional Paper No. 33. Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars.

Canada

Epps, Ken. 2006. Canada and Small Arms Exports . Working Paper 06-2. Project Ploughshare.

Chapdelaine, Antoine, E. Samson, and M. Kimberly. 1991. Firearm-related Injuries in Canada: Issues for Prevention. Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 145, No. 10.

Chile

Dreyfus, Pablo, William Godnick, et al. 2003. Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR. Latin America series, no. 3 (English version). Rio de Janeiro and London: International Alert, Viva Rio.

Colombia

School for a Culture of Peace (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Country briefings, including Colombia, Haiti, and DR Congo.

Aguirre, Katherine and Jorge A. Restrepo con Simón Mesa y Nicolás Suárez. 2005. Aproximación a la Situación de Violencia e Inseguridad en Bogotá D.C.. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Aguirre, Katherine, Robert Muggah, Jorge A. Restrepo, and Michael Spagat. 2006. Colombia's Hydra: The Many Faces of Gun Violence. Small Arms Survey 2006. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Krause, Keith, Robert Muggah, Jorge Restrepo, and Michael Spagat. 2005. Colombia's Chimaera: Reflections on Human Security and Armed Violence. Geneva: Small Arms Survey. Draft Paper.

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

Costa Rica

Godnick, William and Helena Vazquez. 2003. Small Arms Control in Central America. Latin America series, no. 2 (English version). International Alert, Viva Rio.

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

El Salvador

Buchanan, Cate and Mireille Widmer. 2007. Surviving gun violence in El Salvador: a tax on firearms for health. Background paper No. 2, based on Emperatriz Crespin ‘Surviving gun violence in El Salvador: a tax on firearms for health'. May, 2006. Geneva: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue.

Tresa. 2005. Case Study El Salvador: Goods for Guns: An Assessment of a Voluntary Weapons Collection Program.

Paniagua, Ignacio, Emperatriz Crespin, Ademar Guardado, and Ana Mauricio. 2005. Wounds Caused by Firearms in El Salvador, 2003-2004: Epidemiological Issues. Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Vol. 21, No. 3.

Hume, Mo. 2004. Armed Violence and Poverty in El Salvador. Centre for International Cooperation and Security, University of Bradford.

Appioloza, Martin, and William Godnick. 2003. Armas… ni de juguete: Una iniciativa para el control de armas pequenas en El Salvador. San Salvador: UNDP

Godnick, William and Helena Vazquez. 2003. Small Arms Control in Central America. Latin America series, no. 2 (English version). International Alert, Viva Rio.

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Guatemala

Godnick, William and Helena Vazquez. 2003. Small Arms Control in Central America. Latin America series, no. 2 (English version). International Alert, Viva Rio.

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Kobrak, Paul and Herbert F. Spirer. 1999. State Violence in Guatemala, 1960-1996: A Quantitative Reflection. Washington, D.C.: AAAS and International Center for Human Rights Research.

Haiti

School for a Culture of Peace (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Country briefings, including Colombia, Haiti, and DR Congo.

Fitzpatrick, Christopher. 2006. The economics of small arms demand: Polarization and rent-seeking in Haiti and Latin America. Paper 51. Bonn. Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC). November.

http://www.bicc.de/publications/papers/paper51/paper51.pdf

Muggah, Robert and Keith Krause. 2006. A True Measure of Success? The Discourse and Practice of Human Security in Haiti. South Orange, NJ: Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations.

Amnesty International, International Action Network on Small Arms, Oxfam International. 2006. The Call for Tough Arms Controls: Voices from Haiti.

Muggah, Robert. 2005. Securing Haiti's Transition: Reviewing Human Insecurity and the Prospects for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.
French (825 kB) version also available.

American Friends Service Committee Haiti Program, Quaker United Nations Office (Geneva). 2003. Summary of Lessons on Small Arms Demand in Youth. Port-au-Prince.

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Mendiburu, Marcos and Sarah Meek. 1996. Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Project: Managing Arms in Peace Processes: Haiti. UNIDIR Research Report No. 48/96. New York: United Nations.

Honduras

Godnick, William and Helena Vazquez. 2003. Small Arms Control in Central America. Latin America series, no. 2 (English version). International Alert, Viva Rio.

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Mexico

Dreyfus, Pablo and Julio Cesar Purcena. 2007. Brasil e Mexico: onde estao as balas? Comunidade segura. 4 December .

 

Nicaragua

Godnick, William and Helena Vazquez. 2003. Small Arms Control in Central America. Latin America series, no. 2 (English version). International Alert, Viva Rio.

Godnick, William, Robert Muggah, and Camilla Waszink. 2002. Stray Bullets: The Impact of Small Arms Misuse in Central America. Geneva: Small Arms Survey.

Paraguay

Dreyfus, Pablo and Antônio Rangel Bandeira. 2006. Watching the Neighborhood: An Assessment of Small Arms and Ammunition "Grey Transactions" on the Borders between Brazil and Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. Working document no. 2, Small Arms Control project. Rio de Janeiro: Viva Rio.

Dreyfus, Pablo, William Godnick, et al. 2003. Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR. Latin America series, no. 3 (English version). Rio de Janeiro and London: International Alert, Viva Rio.

Peru

Ball, Patrick, et al. 2003. How Many Peruvians Have Died? An Estimate of the Total Number of Victims Killed or Disappeared in the Armed Internal Conflict Between 1980 and 2000. Washington, D.C.: AAAS.

United States of America

Bondi, Loretta. 2006. U.S. Policy on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Naval War College Review, Vol. 59, Issue 1.

Stohl, Rachel. 2006. U.S. Small Arms and Global Transfer Principles. Working Paper 06-1. Project Ploughshare.

Browne, Marjorie Anne. 2005. The United Nations and "Gun Control." CRS Report for Congress. Washington: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.

Davis, Ian. 2004. United States. Disposal of Surplus Small Arms: A Survey of Policies and Practices in OSCE Countries. Small Arms Survey, BICC, Saferworld, & BASIC.

Open Society Institute and Funders' Collaborative for Gun Violence Prevention. 2000. Gun Control in the United States: A Comparative Survey of State Firearm Laws. New York: Open Society Institute.
Annexes: Chart 1, Chart 2

Cook, Philip and Jens Ludwig. 1997. Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms. Research in Brief. Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Justice.

Uruguay

Dreyfus, Pablo and Antônio Rangel Bandeira. 2006. Watching the Neighborhood: An Assessment of Small Arms and Ammunition "Grey Transactions" on the Borders between Brazil and Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. Working document no. 2, Small Arms Control project. Rio de Janeiro: Viva Rio.

Dreyfus, Pablo, William Godnick, et al. 2003. Small Arms Control in MERCOSUR. Latin America series, no. 3 (English version). Rio de Janeiro and London: International Alert, Viva Rio.

Venezuela

Bromley, Mark and Catalina Perdomo. 2005. CBMS in Latin America and the Effect of Arms Acquisitions by Venezuela. Working Paper 41/2005. Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internationales y.