PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS: WORKING TOWARDS AN ARMS TRADE TREATY

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-208
Author(s):  
Paper by the Commonwealth Secretari
Keyword(s):  
Small Arms ◽  
Arms Trade ◽  
Light Weapons

scholarly journals Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Transnational Crime in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
Adewunmi James Falode
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Transnational Crime ◽  
Critical Survey ◽  
Small Arms ◽  
Arms Trade ◽  
Ready Availability ◽  
Social Insecurity ◽  
Extensive Collection ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Light Weapons

This paper analyses the role of the arms trade in the growth and spread of transnational crime in Africa. The work shows that the proliferation and ready availability of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) on the continent is contributing in no small measure to political, economic and social insecurity in Africa. Major transnational crimes that the work identifies in Africa include drug trafficking, human and people trafficking, environmental crimes, arms trafficking and stolen vehicle trafficking. The work uses qualitative research methodology, which involves the extensive collection, collation and analysis of secondary data, to capture the essence and scope of the impacts of SALW on the growth and spread of transnational crime on the continent. A major and significant contribution of the work is the crucial connection that it establishes between the proliferation of SALW and the high incidence and recurrence of transnational crime in Africa. The work shows the destabilizing impacts of the proliferation of SALW in Africa and how these is contributing to the recurrence of conflicts and criminal activities on the continent. In its conclusion, the work recommends that in order for states on the continent to be able to proactively tackle transnational crime and the proliferation of SALW, they will have to do the following: carry-out an extensive and critical survey to create a database that will identify the nature of the different transnational crime that is carried-out in each regions; create (where it does not exist) and, strengthen and implement (where it exist) legislations and laws designed to tackle transnational crime; and encourage interagency cooperation and coordination among the affected states in the regions.

scholarly journals USING THE ARMS TREADE TREATY TO ADDRESS PARTORALIST CONFLICT AND WILDLIFE CRIME IN KENYA’S MARGINALIZED REGIONS

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 38305
Author(s):  
Matthew Bolton
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Crime ◽  
Small Arms ◽  
Arms Trade ◽  
Light Weapons

Respostas militarizadas ao conflito em área pastoril e aos crimes contra a vida selvagem no Quênia - incluindo o colapso de populações de elefantes e rinocerontes - muitas vezes não atendem aos padrões de direitos humanos e prejudicam as capacidades locais de sustentabilidade, paz e meios de subsistência alternativos. A repressão do Estado encoraja a violência extrajudicial e introduz novas armas que muitas vezes entram ilicitamente no mercado. Este artigo descreve abordagens alternativas enraizadas nos direitos humanos, no Estado de Direito e na cooperação e assistência internacionais, incluindo o uso de instrumentos regionais que regulam o comércio de armas pequenas e leves (SALW, na sigla em inglês para Small Arms and Light Weapons), incluindo o Tratado de Comércio de Armas (ATT, na sigla em inglês para Arms Trade Treaty) de 2013. O artigo baseia-se no trabalho de campo no Quênia e na observação participante na defesa do ATT.

Disarmament

2008 ◽  
pp. 286-299
Author(s):  
Keith Krause
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
Land Mines ◽  
International Peace ◽  
Small Arms ◽  
The World ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
World Organization ◽  
Light Weapons

This article evaluates the achievements and limitations of the world organization in the field of disarmament. It stresses the role of the UN as part of the efforts to control arms as a way to achieve international peace and security. It also notes specific cases where progress was achieved or not, as well as the more recent efforts to handle the problems of anti-personnel land mines and small arms and light weapons. The article also tries to draw out some of the broader implications for international relations of the UN experience with formal multilateral arms control, among others.

SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS TRAFFICKING

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Gildea ◽  
Glenn Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Small Arms ◽  
Light Weapons

Small Arms and Light Weapons: new round of contradictions

2010 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
A. A. Orlov
Keyword(s):  
Small Arms ◽  
Light Weapons

Пару десятилетий тому назад Фрэнсис Фукуяма предрек «конец истории», и ошибся. Именно в те годы история, образно говоря, начинала свой новый отсчет, но несколько в ином направле- нии, чем виделось американскому ученому. Это стало заметно не сразу, но сути дела этого не меняло. Пер- выми «ласточками» новой реальности стали много- численные региональные и локальные конфликты, как снег на голову обрушившиеся на до этого вполне благополучные народы, в том числе и европейские, начавшие забывать после Второй мировой войны о том, что жизнь может быть другой. Значительно воз- росло число конфликтов и в так называемом «третьем мире», где конец биполярного противостояния был воспринят на уровне местных противоборствующих элит как сигнал к вседозволенности и анархии. Целые регионы мира оказались «наводненны- ми» легким и стрелковым оружием (ЛСО), которое стало наиболее применимым видом вооружений в 47 из 49 региональных и локальных конфликтах 90-х годов прошлого века. Другим следствием резко уси- лившейся региональной и локальной нестабильнос- ти стал невиданный прежде рост организованной преступности, которая также является активным потребителем ЛСО.

scholarly journals Small Arms and Armed Violence in Papua New Guinea: Developing a demand-reduction agenda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bradley James Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Level ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
National Government ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Small Arms ◽  
Demand Reduction ◽  
Armed Violence ◽  
Light Weapons

<p>The Papua New Guinea government has adopted a range of measures aimed at reducing the supply of illicit small arms and light weapons in response to persistent problems with their use in inter-communal fighting and crime. However, these measures have been largely ineffective at reducing the level of armed violence in PNG, in part because of the failure to also address the demand that exists for these weapons. A nascent demand reduction agenda has emerged at the local level throughout Papua New Guinea in response to the failure of the national government to adequately address small arms and armed violence problems. This thesis provides a detailed overview of national, regional and international initiatives to address small arms issues and examines how they have been implemented in PNG. It then examines initiatives by local community groups and NGOs that are aimed at reducing small arms and armed violence and considers how successful they have been.</p>

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