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Issue Briefs

Small Arms Survey Issue Briefs each offer a  concise overview of a specific, policy-relevant topic, often as part of a series resulting from one of the Survey's Focus Projects. Briefing Papers offer informed perspectives on pertinent small arms issues.

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

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

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

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  • Scraping the Barrel: The Trade in Surplus Ammunition, April 2011. Issue Brief No. 2

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  • The Method behind the Mark: A Review of Firearm Marking Technologies, December 2010. Issue Brief No. 1

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Small Arms Survey Briefing Papers

  • 2012 and Beyond: Advocacy and Action in the UN Small Arms Process, by Jim McLay, August 2012. Briefing Paper No. 2.

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Armed Actors Issue Briefs

  • Demobilization in the DRC: Armed Groups and the Role of Organizational Control, April 2013, Armed Actors Issue Brief No. 1

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Armed Violence Issue Briefs

  • Tracking National Homicide Rates: Generating Estimates Using Vital Registration Data, November 2012, Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 1 (see also Annexe 1, Annexe 2, Annexe 3)

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  • Political Conflict and Vulnerabilities: Firearms and Electoral Violence in Kenya, December 2012, Armed Violence Issue Brief No. 2

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The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative

  • Dynamic Disposal: An Introduction to Mobile and Transportable Industrial Ammunition Demilitarization Equipment, January 2013. The Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction (RASR) Initiative, Issue Brief No. 3

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  • Buy and Burn: Factoring Demilitarization into Ammunition Procurement, April 2012. A joint publication of the Regional Approach for Stockpile Reduction, the US Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, and the Small Arms Survey. Issue Brief No. 2 (also available in Albanian, BCMS and Bulgarian)

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  • 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)

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India Armed Violence Assessment

  • A Heavy Hand: The Use of Force by India's Police, August 2012. India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 3 (also available in Hindi)

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  • Mapping Murder: The Geography of Indian Firearm Fatalities, September 2011. India Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 2 (Also available in Hindi)

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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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Lebanon Armed Violence Assessment

  • Security Provision in Southern Lebanon: Surveying Public Opinion, May 2010. Issue Brief No. 1
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Liberia Armed Violence Assessment

  • Peace without Security: Violence against Women and Girls in Liberia, September 2012. Issue Brief No. 3
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  • Reading between the Lines: Crime and Victimization in Liberia, September 2011. Issue Brief No. 2
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  • A Legacy of War? Perceptions of Security in Liberia, September 2011. Issue Brief No. 1
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Nepal Armed Violence Assessment

  • The Missing Middle: Examining the Armed Group Phenomenon in Nepal, May 2013. Nepal Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 1 (Also available in Nepali)
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  • Legacies of War in the Company of Peace: Firearms in Nepal, May 2013. Nepal Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 2 (Also available in Nepali)
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Timor-Leste Armed Violence Assessment

  • After the guns fall silent: Sexual and gender-based violence in
    Timor-Leste    , November 2009. Issue Brief No. 5
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  • Tracking violence in Timor-Leste: A sample of emergency room data, 2006-08, October 2009. Issue Brief No. 4
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  • Electoral violence in Timor-Leste: mapping incidents and responses, June 2009. Issue Brief No. 3
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  • Groups, gangs, and armed violence in Timor-Leste, April 2009. Issue Brief No. 2
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  • Dealing with the kilat: An historical overview of small arms availability and arms control in Timor-Leste, October 2008. Issue Brief No. 1
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Yemen Armed Violence Assessment

  • Under pressure: Social violence over land and water in Yemen, October 2010. Yemen Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 2 (also available in Arabic)

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  • Fault lines: Tracking armed violence in Yemen, May 2010.
    Yemen Armed Violence Assessment Issue Brief No. 1 (also available in Arabic)

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Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment

Sudan HSBA Issue Briefs are listed separately.