Content Type: Working Paper / Publishing Institution: Small Arms Survey / Political Geography: Global Focus / Topic: Arms Trade

Author:: Irene Pavesi
Publication Date:: 05-2016
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Small Arms Survey
Abstract:: This Update provides an overview of the international trade in small arms and light weapons in 2013. The first section of the Update reports on the total values and main categories of small arms1 transferred by top and major exporters and importers. This section also assesses changes in trade patterns from 2012 to 2013. The second section presents the 2016 edition of the Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer, whose methodology and sourcing have been revised. As explained below, the Barometer now includes a new source—the Regional Report on Arms Exports, prepared by of the South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms (SEESAC).
Topic:: Arms Control and Proliferation, Military Strategy, Military Affairs, Weapons, and Arms Trade
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Sarah Parker and Marcus Wilson
Publication Date:: 05-2016
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Small Arms Survey
Abstract:: UN member states adopted the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in November 2000.3 UNTOC was supplemented by three protocols that address trafficking in persons, the smuggling of migrants, and the illicit manufacture of and trafficking in firearms. The third of these—the UN Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, known as the Firearms Protocol—was adopted on 31 May 2001 by General Assembly Resolution 55/255 and entered into force on 3 July 2005 (UNGA, 2001c). For states that have ratified or otherwise formally expressed their consent to be bound by it, the Firearms Protocol is legally binding.
Topic:: Arms Control and Proliferation, United Nations, Weapons, and Arms Trade
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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