Focus Projects
Recent Publications
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Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied, Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Politics from the Barrel of a Gun: Small Arms Proliferation and Conflict in the Republic of Georgia, by Spyros Demetriou, November 2002. Occasional Paper No. 6 (also available in Russian)
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Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost, Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Multimedia
Podcast: Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011
Photo Essay: Perilous Lens: Guns in an Urban Landscape
Armed Violence
The Geneva Declaration defines armed violence as ‘the intentional use of illegitimate force (actual or threatened) with arms or explosives, against a person, group, community, or state that undermines people-centred security and/or sustainable development’. Although the incidence of armed conflict has declined in recent years, the number of people killed by armed violence has not. Every year, armed violence kills around 740,000 people, two-thirds of whom die in non-conflict settings.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Many non-fatal injuries cause significant long-term costs. These include long-term hospitalization, extensive rehabilitation and care, negative impacts on household investments, disruption in social and community relations, and severe gender inequalities.
- Social and Economic Costs
- Conflict Armed Violence
- Non-conflict Armed Violence
- Gender and Armed Violence
