Monitoring Trends in Violent Deaths (Research Note 59)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 November, 2020

In the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Small Arms Survey is pleased to announce a series of reports designed to support global efforts to reach targets under Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16). To promote the sharing of information and encourage collaboration in this context, the Survey is also providing online access to its updated database on violent deaths and corresponding interactive maps.

Under Pressure: Social Violence Over Land and Water in Yemen (YAVA Issue Brief 2)

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In February 2007 at least a dozen people, including an 11-year-old boy, were killed during a land dispute between tribesmen from al-Baydha and Sanhan that erupted in a southern suburb of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. A sheikh from Sanhan kidnapped the son of a sheikh from al-Baydha to pressure him into renouncing ownership of a large plot of land. The youth reportedly fought back, injuring his kidnapper, and was then killed. The boy’s family rejected mediation and a gun battle erupted, with further killings apparently occurring when injured fighters were taken to hospital.

After the guns fall silent: Sexual and gender-based violence in Timor-Leste (TLAVA Issue Brief 5)

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Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is a pervasive global phenomenon, but is oft en a politically sensitive and unacknowledged issue. It has serious consequences for the physical, reproductive, and psychological health and social well-being of individuals. It also refl ects and reinforces inequalities between men and women. SGBV is increasingly regarded as an impediment to the economic and social development of states.

Tracking violence in Timor-Leste A sample of emergency room data, 2006–08 (TLAVA Issue Brief 4)

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Accurate data on the incidence and characteristics of violent injuries can be a powerful tool for understanding and responding to armed violence. Record keeping by hospitals, clinics, and other health facilities on the nature of injuries can provide crucial information on who is being injured, how, where, and under what circumstances. Data is essential for gaining a better understanding of the risk factors for victimization among diff erent segments of the population and for the design of interventions to reduce those risks.

Electoral violence in Timor-Leste: Mapping incidents and responses (TLAVA Issue Brief 3)

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Timor-Leste has held six national elections since independence in 1999. Throughout this period the incidence and severity of electoral violence has varied considerably. For example, between May and August 2007 violence escalated during parliamentary elections in spite of a code of conduct committing political parties to nonviolence. Group clashes and widespread destruction of property were accompanied by at least two deaths and more than 100 injuries as well as the uprooting of 7,000 families.

Groups, gangs, and armed violence in Timor-Leste (TLAVA Issue Brief 2)

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On 11 February 2008 Major Alfredo Reinado and a group of ex-F-FDTL1 soldiers known as the Petitioners, accompanied by allied ex-PNTL2 members, attacked the residence of President Jose Ramos Horta in Dili. The president, returning home from jogging, was shot and seriously wounded; security offi cers killed Reinado and one of his men. Less than two hours later, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão’s motorcade came under fi re from a group led by Petitioner leader Lieutenant Gastão Salsinha.

Dealing with the kilat: An historical overview of small arms availability and arms control in Timor-Leste (TLAVA Issue Brief 1)

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Six years after independence and two years after the ‘Krize’, the role of small arms in Timor-Leste society has not yet received a thorough accounting. Such weapons have played a decisive role in shaping repressive tactics of the former colonial powers and countermeasures by resistance movements, through to contemporary criminal violence. Today, against a backdrop of weak institutions, lingering tension, and poorly enforced legislation and arms control norms, military and civilian-style arms continue to trigger interpersonal and collective violence.