By Emile LeBrun, André Desmarais, Kheira Djouhri, and Nicolas Florquin Ammunition diverted from legal to illicit markets is a central concern in small arms control, but its impact is understudied. A...
Anne-Séverine Fabre, Gian Giezendanner, Paul Holtom, and Emilia Dungel GENEVA—The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is the first legally binding agreement linking international conventional arms transfers to...
Written by Elodie Hainard and Olena Shumska Overview The 2021 Small Arms Trade Transparency Barometer (the Barometer) identifies the most and least transparent of 50 top and major small arms...
GENEVA—The Small Arms Survey had 31 active projects and consultancies in 2020, focusing on strengthening sanctions implementations, profiling ammunition and automatic ballistics information systems,...
Overview This Briefing Paper provides an updated trend analysis of global violent deaths based on 2018 data, on the basis of which it develops global-level scenarios for the years leading to 2030...
GENEVA---A new report by the Small Arms Survey finds that thousands of hand grenades, rockets, mortar rounds, landmines, and tins of firearms cartridges have proliferated throughout Ukraine,...
GENEVA—Even though states may not intentionally supply materiel to armed groups, a lack of stringent risk assessments on weapons and ammunition exports destined for areas prone to diversion can...
New SANA Briefing Paper on smuggling and arms trafficking in the border regions between Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali The tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mali has...
Director's note The year 2019 marked the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Small Arms Survey, a milestone that underscores the importance of the service provided by the Survey to stakeholders...
by Hana Salama Overview This Briefing Paper examines how UN peace operations are using casualty data to enhance the implementation of key elements of their mandates, including the protection of...