Book Series

Designed to complement the annual Small Arms Survey and the periodical papers, our book series presents the findings of larger research projects. PDFs are available here.
 
 

Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict:
Armed groups, disarmament and security in a post-war society

Conventional Ammunition in
Surplus:
A Reference Guide

No Refuge :
The Crisis of Refugee Militarization in Africa



Targeting Ammunition :
A Primer



Armed and Aimless:
Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region

edited by Robert Muggah, July 2006
co-published with Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) by Zed Books.

press release: NY launch, July 2006
press release: Geneva launch, September 2006

The militarization of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), especially in Africa, is causing growing alarm within the humanitarian and development commonities. The planned and spontaneous arming of refugees and IDPs threatens access to asylum as well as protection. But while the policy debates rage over how to deal with armed refugees and how to prevent their spillover into neighbouring countries, surprisingly little research has been done to explain why displaced people arm themselves or how militarization affects the local and host populations. This book traces the experience of refugee and IDP militarization in four African countries emerging from or affected by war: Guinea, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It considers the effects of such militarization on regional, national, and human security, and reflects on the responses of hosting governments and humanitarian organizations.


To order No Refuge, contact Zed Books.