Publications on Regulations and Controls

Making a Mark: Reporting on Firearms Marking in the RECSA Region, by James Bevan and Benjamin King, a joint publication of Regional Centre on Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States, and the Small Arms Survey; with support from the US Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement. April 2013. Special Report No. 19.

Lessons Learned from Weapon-marking Initiatives, April 2013. Research Note No. 28, Measures and Programmes (also available in French).

Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

A Diplomat's Guide to the UN Small Arms Process, by Sarah Parker and Marcus Wilson, August 2012. Handbook No. 2

A Decade of Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of National Reports, by Sarah Parker and Katherine Green, co-published with the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), 2012.

An Arms Trade Treaty: Will It Support or Supplant the PoA?, March 2012. Research Note No. 15, Measures and Programmes.

Precedent in the Making: The UN Meeting of Governmental Experts, March 2012. Issue Brief No. 5

Weapons Tracing and Peace Support Operations: Theory or Practice?, March 2012. Issue Brief No. 4 (also available in French)

Small Arms Transfer Control Measures and the Arms Trade Treaty: A Small Arms Survey Review (2007–10). 2012. Compilation of Small Arms Survey chapters.

Ammunition Marking: Current Practices and Future Possibilities, December 2011. Issue Brief No. 3

The PoA: Review of National Reports, October 2011, updated March 2012. Research Note No. 10, Measures and Programmes (also available in Catalan and Spanish).

Small Arms Survey 2011: States of Security, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Analysis of National Reports: Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and the International Tracing Instrument in 2009–10, by Sarah Parker, May 2011. Occasional Paper No. 28

South-east European Surplus Arms: State Policies and Practices, November 2010. The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative, Issue Brief No. 1 (also available in Albanian and BCMS)

National Implementation of the United Nations Small Arms Programme of Action and the International Tracing Instrument: An Analysis of Reporting in 2009-10 (Interim Version, June 2010), by Sarah Parker, June 2010. Working Paper No. 9 (see Annexes)

The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms - Inconspicuous Disarmament, edited by Aaron Karp, published by Routledge, July 2009.

Small Arms Survey 2009: Shadows of War, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of the National Reports Submitted by States from 2002 to 2008, by Sivia Cattaneo and Sarah Parker, co-published with the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (UNDDA), 2008.

Small Arms in Burundi: Disarming the Civilian Population in Peacetime, by Stéphanie Pézard and Nicolas Florquin, a study by the Small Arms Survey and the Ligue Iteka with support from UNDP–Burundi and Oxfam–NOVIB, August 2007. Special Report No. 7 (also available in French)

Developing a Mechanism to Prevent Illicit Brokering in Small Arms and Light Weapons—Scope and Implications. Co-published with UNIDIR & United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, 2006

Islands of Safety in a Sea of Guns: Gun-free Zones in South Africa, by Adèle Kirsten et al., January 2006. Working Paper No. 3

Tajikistan’s Road to Stability: Reduction in Small Arms Proliferation and Remaining Challenges, by Stina Torjesen, Christina Wille, and S. Neil MacFarlane, November 2005. Occasional Paper No. 17

Securing Haiti’s Transition: Reviewing Human Insecurity and the Prospects for Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration, by Robert Muggah, November 2005. Occasional Paper No. 14 (also available in French)

Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of the Reports Submitted by States in 2003, by Elli Kytömäki and Valerie Yankey-Wayne, co-published with UNIDIR, October 2004.

Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Destroying Surplus Weapons: An Assessment of Experience in South Africa and Lesotho, by Sarah Meek and Noel Stott, co-published with UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), 2003.

The Scope and Implications of a Tracing Mechanism for Small Arms and Light Weapons. 2003. Co-published with UNIDIR. Also available in French.

Making Global Public Policy: The Case of Small Arms and Light Weapons, by Edward Laurence and Rachel Stohl, December 2002. Occasional Paper No. 7

Small Arms Survey 2002: Counting the Human Cost, Oxford University Press, 2002.

Shining a Light on Small Arms Exports: The Record of State Transparency, by Maria Haug, Martin Langvandslien, Lora Lumpe, and Nic Marsh, co-published with NISAT, January 2002. Occasional Paper No. 4

Legal Controls on Small Arms and Light Weapons in Southeast Asia, by Katherine Kramer, co-published with Nonviolence International Southeast Asia, July 2001. Occasional Paper No. 3

Removing Small Arms from Society: A Review of Weapons Collection and Destruction Programmes, by Sami Faltas, Glenn McDonald, and Camilla Waszink, July 2001. Occasional Paper No. 2

Small Arms Survey 2001: Profiling the Problem, Oxford University Press, 2001.