Focus Projects
Recent Publications
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India's States of Armed Violence: Assessing the Human Cost and Political Priorities, September 2011. India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 1 (Also available in Hindi)
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Reading between the Lines: Crime and Victimization in Liberia, September 2011. Liberia Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 2
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Contributing Evidence to Programming: Armed Violence Monitoring Systems, by Elisabeth Gilgen and Lauren Tracey, published by the Geneva Declaration Secretariat, September 2011.
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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 526,000 people, more than three-quarters 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
